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Personal care at home: a consultation on proposals for regulations and guidance
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 35p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This document seeks views on the Government’s proposals for requiring councils in England with adult social services responsibilities (CASSRs) to provide personal care free of charge in certain circumstances to people with the highest needs. On 25 November, the Government introduced the Personal Care At Home Bill (“the Bill”) to enable this to happen. The consultation will last until 23rd February 2010, but the Department would welcome earlier responses, by 26th January.
Personal care at home: a consultation on proposals for regulations and guidance: the government response
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 34p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This document sets out the government’s response to the public consultation Personal Care at Home, which ran from 25 November 2009 to 23 February 2010. The original consultation sought the public’s views on the Government’s proposals for requiring councils in England with adult social services responsitilities (CASSRs) to provide personal care free of charge in certain circumstances to people with the highest needs, as introduced in the Personal Care At Home Bill.
Impact assessment of personal care at home: regulations and guidance
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 17p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Presents the analysis and evidence for the Government’s proposed policy which would require councils in England with adult social services responsibilities (CASSRs) to provide personal care free of charge in certain circumstances to people with the highest needs. It provides a cost-benefit analysis of free personal care at home, and details specific impacts on small firms, health, rural areas, black and minority ethnic groups, people with disabilities, women and older people.
Independence and well-being of older people: baseline report: a social portrait of ageing in the UK
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department for Work and Pensions
- Publisher:
- Corporate Document Services; Great Britain. Department for Work and Pensions
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 70p.
- Place of publication:
- Leeds
The implications of an ageing society are wide reaching. As well as ensuring financial security, it is equally important to promote wider well-being and independence for older people, both before and after retirement. Older people continue to contribute to the economy, society and their local communities and to enjoy active lives. Income is not the only factor – and often not the main factor – in ensuring a happy and fulfilling later life. Housing, health, care, transport and social contacts all play a crucial part in enabling older people to live life to the full. A set of indicators of older people’s independence and well-being that have been selected and cover five domains a) Independence in supportive communitiesp; b) Healthy active living; c) Fairness in work and later life; d) Material well-being; and e) Support and care.
People aged 65 and over: results of a study carried out on behalf of the Department of Health as part of the 2001 general household survey
- Authors:
- TRAYNOR Joe, WALKER Alison, GREAT BRITAIN. Office for National Statistics
- Publisher:
- Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 104p., tables.
- Place of publication:
- London
In 2001, 37 per cent of people aged 65 and over lived alone, according to detailed results from the 2001 General Household Survey (GHS) about people aged 65 and over . Five per cent of elderly people lived in sheltered accommodation with a resident warden and three per cent without a resident warden (elderly people in communal establishments were excluded from the survey). In all, 60 per cent of elderly people said they had a longstanding illness; 41per cent said this limited their activities in some way, while 19 per cent said it did not. Among people aged 65 and over, 14 per cent were unable to walk down the road on their own and 10 per cent were unable to manage stairs and steps. One in twenty elderly people said they were unable to cook a main meal by themselves. Among elderly people who received help with mobility, 58 per cent received help from a spouse or partner, 20 per cent from other household members, eight per cent from a relative who was not living in the household and four per cent from NHS or personal social services. Over half of elderly respondents (52 per cent) reported seeing a doctor or GP at their surgery in the last three months.
The mental health of older people: report based on the analysis of the ONS survey of psychiatric morbidity among adults in Great Britain carried out for the Department of Health, the Scottish Executive Health Department and the Welsh Assembly Government
- Authors:
- EVANS Olga, et al
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Office for National Statistics,|Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 110p.,tables.
- Place of publication:
- London
A chapter of the report is dedicated to each of the following areas: the prevalence of common mental disorder and variations in prevalence with socioeconomic characteristics; variations in prevalence of common mental disorder with experience of stressful life events, social support, and physical health problems; the impact of common mental disorder on self-reported mental and physical wellbeing, activities of daily living and service use; the distribution of cognitive function and variations in distribution with socioeconomic characteristics; the impact of cognitive function on self-reported mental and physical well-being, activities of daily living and service use; and the association between cognitive impairment and common mental disorder and physical health problems.
Care homes for older people: national minimum standards and the Care Homes Regulations 2001
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 91p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
- Edition:
- 3rd ed.
This document contains a statement of national minimum standards published by the Secretary of State under section 23(1) of the Care Standards Act 2000. The statement is applicable to care homes (as defined by section 3 of that Act) which provide accommodation, together with nursing or personal care, for older people. Each standard is, for explanatory purposes only, preceded by a title and an indication of the intended outcome in relation to that standard. The standards are grouped under the following key topics, which highlight aspects of individuals' lives identified during the stakeholder consultation as most important to service users: choice of home; health and personal care; daily life and social activities; complaints and protection; environment; staffing, management and administration.