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Improving equity and sustainability in UK funding for long-term care: lessons from Germany
- Author:
- GLENDINNING Caroline
- Journal article citation:
- Social Policy and Society, 6(3), July 2007, pp.411-422.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
This paper argues for a transformation of arrangements for accessing and allocating public resources for long-term care in the UK. Currently these arrangements are fragmented, inequitable and not always well targeted. Different arrangements exist in Scotland and England; Wales has also debated the introduction of free personal care. While not necessarily advocating a social insurance approach, the experience of Germany nevertheless shows how simplicity, transparency and equity of access can be combined with strong cost control levers and political sustainability. An opportunity to transform ways of accessing and distributing public resources for long-term care arises with the piloting of ‘individual budgets’ in 13 English local authorities from 2006. The paper argues that the principles underpinning individual budgets should be extended, with the UK government taking a strong national lead.
Under strain? Exploring the troubled relationship between health and social care
- Authors:
- GLENDINNING Caroline, HUDSON Bob, MEANS Robin
- Journal article citation:
- Public Money and Management, 25(4), August 2005, pp.245-251.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Relationships between the NHS and social care services over the past 25 years have a poor history. This article examines the strategies that have been used by central government and by local NHS and social care organizations to overcome difficulties of service co-ordination in relation to services for older people and disabled adults. The article is written from the perspective of the NHS. The authors conclude that policies reflecting 'networked' modes of governance may stand the best chance of success, although evidence of improved impact and outcomes still remains scarce.
A charge too far
- Author:
- GLENDINNING Caroline
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 11.7.02, 2002, pp.34-36.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Looks at the introduction of penalties for local authorities that fail to prevent delayed discharges, and corresponding incentives for hospitals. The author argues that this does not take into account the complexity of care services. Looks at the differences between the Swedish and UK model.
Good support for people with complex needs: what does it look like and where is the evidence?
- Authors:
- GRIDLEY Kate, BROOKS Jenni, GLENDINNING Caroline
- Publisher:
- NIHR School for Social Care Research
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The population of adult social care users is changing. Advances in medicine are enabling more children with life-threatening conditions to live into adulthood, more adults to survive major injuries or illnesses with on-going needs, and growing numbers of older people to live longer, often with long-term conditions. These developments present new challenges for adult social care and require new responses. This study aimed to explore good practice in social care for disabled and older people with severe and complex needs, find out what this group consider to be key features of good support, and identify examples of potential good practice. The study was conducted between June 2010 and February 2012 and had 3 stages: consultation with 22 people with severe and complex needs, 23 carers and 22 members of specialist organisations; identification of service examples that demonstrate key features of good practice; and a scoping review of the UK literature since 1997 on good practice in social care for people with severe and complex needs. The findings demonstrate that people with complex needs value person-centred support, typified by the availability of time to get to know a person and flexibility to manage changes in circumstance. The document concludes that there is an urgent need for rigorous evaluation of models of support for people with severe and complex needs.
Rights and realities: comparing new developments in long-term care for older people
- Editor:
- GLENDINNING Caroline
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 179p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Bristol
Focuses on the shifting boundaries between health and social care, between services and money, and between public and private provision of care. Explores the experiences of a number of countries which have recently made changes in the organisation, funding or delivery of long term care services for frail older people.