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A fair contract with older people?: a special study of people’s experiences when finding a care home
- Author:
- COMMISSION FOR SOCIAL CARE INSPECTION
- Publisher:
- Commission for Social Care Inspection
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 96p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Whilst care homes are improving the information they give to prospective residents, advertised fees for places in the same care home can vary hugely, sometimes from £650 to £1,500 a week, without a clear explanation of why some people pay more than others and what their money will buy. The report also showed that sometimes people paying for their own care can subsidise those people paid for by the local council, where councils negotiate lower rates. In areas without enough care services to meet demand, even those people moving into care homes who are funded by the council can be asked to pay ‘top-up’ fees to cover higher charges – as many as 75% of homes in some areas required a ‘top-up’.
Rights, risks and restraints: an exploration into the use of restraint in the care of older people
- Author:
- COMMISSION FOR SOCIAL CARE INSPECTION
- Publisher:
- Commission for Social Care Inspection
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 64p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The report says that clear guidelines and well-resourced services are needed to ensure dignity of care for people who use services. It looks at the issues and dilemmas around restraint, particularly the tensions between respecting people’s rights to freedom and to make choices, while at the same time ensuring people’s safety. Although there is policy and legislation to respect people’s human rights, the report suggests that in practice care workers have been left largely unsupported to deal with these tensions.