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Improving support for self-funders
- Author:
- HENWOOD Melanie
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 4.6.09, 2009, pp.28-29.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Reports on two studies which examine what happens to people who are self-funding and whether they are offered an assessment of their needs; and what information is provided about sources of help and advocacy. The study by IDeA found thinking and advice are developing rapidly, whilst the study by the Relatives Association explored the difficulties encountered by people once they, or their relatives, had decided to go into residential care.
People who fund their own care and support: a review of the literature and research into the existing provision of information and advice
- Authors:
- HUDSON Bob, HENWOOD Melanie
- Publisher:
- Association of Directors of Adult Social Services
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 40, 30p.
- Place of publication:
- London
There are growing numbers of mainly older people who make their own arrangements for care and support services without the direct involvement of their local council. Data suggest that at any given time no more than one in five people aged 75 or over in a particular council area make contact with the council and only around one in six receive council funded support. Both the ‘Putting People First’ programme and the Government's Green Paper on the future funding of social care outline the importance of supporting the whole population to stay healthy and active, and also to be advised in making the right choices with respect to the meeting their care and support needs. Yet despite this, relatively little is known about those who fund their own care and support. This report, commissioned by the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services, the Social Care Institute for Excellence and the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, reviews a range of literature across policy, research and development, focusing on or relevant to people who fund their own care and support. The second part of the report looks at the key national organisations and charities involved in the provision of information and advice in social care and how it addresses the needs of people who are self-funding.