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Rapid assessment of the impact of the National Service Framework for Older People in Wales
- Author:
- MORGAN Gareth
- Journal article citation:
- Working with Older People, 16(1), 2012, pp.41-44.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
This paper reports on the first rapid assessment that has been undertaken on the Welsh National Service Framework (NSF) for Older People, and focuses on the perceptions of healthcare staff from Welsh Health Boards. A questionnaire was sent to key colleagues in each of the seven Health Boards. Anonymity was vital to allow colleagues to score their questionnaires honestly. Overall, the impact of the NSF was perceived as too difficult to assess. The most promising element of the NSF appeared to be a perception on the impact on joint health and social care working. Also, the NSF urgently needs to provide evidence of positive impact. The next stage, based on a focussed approach, offers an opportunity to progress this. The authors concluded that a rapid assessment exercise, using existing networks that are built on trust, can yield valid and useful information which can help policy development.
Dignity in care survey in North Wales
- Author:
- MORGAN Gareth
- Journal article citation:
- Working with Older People, 16(4), 2012, pp.175-179.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
This paper describes the findings of a survey conducted in North Wales looking at the perceptions of older people on dignity in care issues in the services they received. The North Wales Dignity in Care Forum carried out the survey, driven by the question: What one change today could make a difference to you tomorrow? National Health Service and local authority organisations were involved and 499 responses were received. Thematic analysis of the responses revealed a number of key issues. The top three concerns were keeping independence, individual respect and personal care. There were some difference in the responses from the NHS and the local authority participants. In particular, the wide range of issues raised by the NHS group made these responses difficult to interpret. The authors highlight the limitations of this rapid study, including; absence of demographic data and an open sampling frame. However they believe the results show that there is value in using rapid and inexpensive methods to collect information from older people accessing services.
Benefits after the Act: the future of means-tested benefits after the Welfare Reform Act 2012
- Author:
- MORGAN Gareth
- Publisher:
- Ferrett Information Systems
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Pagination:
- 101p.
- Place of publication:
- Cardiff
After the UK government published the Welfare Reform Bill 2011, and a contentious passage through both houses, Royal Assent was given in March 2011. The changes are almost entirely cost savings, and are substantial in scale. There is now a clear picture of the redesign of social security that the government is introducing. Draft regulations have been published which highlight some of the future systems of means-testing benefits which will be introduced over the coming years. Although lacking in some details, the main structure is now set. This report presents some of the human impacts the changes will have. It explores, among other thing, the effects of the Bill on: benefits and text credits; pensioner benefits; child tax credits; over fifties returning to work; housing benefits; council tax benefits; and disability allowance.
Achieving age equality in Welsh health and social care services
- Authors:
- MORGAN Gareth, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Generations Review, 22(4), October 2012, Online only
- Publisher:
- British Society of Gerontology
Briefly reports on the findings of a scoping exercise which gathered the views of professionals in 7 Welsh Health Boards, 22 Local Authority and 27 other organisations on their awareness of, and attitudes to, UK government age equality legislation. Questions included whether this would have a direct impact on respondents own job/role; whether the organisations were ready to implement this legislation; barriers to implementation, and whether the legislative framework will have an impact on attitudes and behaviours to ageing.