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Care homes for older people in the UK: a market study
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Office of Fair Trading
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Office of Fair Trading
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 136p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This market study looks at how well the care homes market serves people over 65 in the UK. For most older people, moving into a care home is usually a lasting decision taken under very difficult circumstances. They may often be in poor physical or mental health, under pressure to make a decision quickly, and typically have little previous experience of choosing a care home. In this situation, even with help from friends and relatives, it can be difficult to make a considered decision on care. Older people and their families need good information when making choices about their future care and need to know that they will be protected from unfair contracts.
National Service Framework for Older People
- Author:
- BALDWIN R. C.
- Journal article citation:
- Psychiatric Bulletin, 27(4), April 2003, pp.121-122.
- Publisher:
- Royal College of Psychiatrists
The National Service Framework for Older People (NSF-OP) was published in March, 2001. ), 12 months behind schedule and 2 years after the publication of the National Service Framework for Mental Health (NSF-MH). Old age psychiatry was outside the scope of the NSF-MH, so the NSF-OP, with its own mental health standard, was keenly awaited by the speciality. This article asks whether it has it lived up to expectations.
In defence of care: the importance of care as a positive concept
- Author:
- RONNING Rolf
- Journal article citation:
- Quality in Ageing, 3(4), December 2002, pp.34-43.
- Publisher:
- Pier Professional
- Place of publication:
- Brighton
This article is about the implications of the different uses of the concept of care in the research and debate on home care. A distinction is made between care as an ideal and as practice. The article tries to demonstrate how the outcome of caring can be seen as a result both of political attitudes and of different forms of organisation.
Commissioning care services for older people In England: the view from care managers, users and carers
- Authors:
- WARE Tricia, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Ageing and Society, 23(4), July 2003, pp.411-428.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
One of the key objectives of the community care reforms of 1990 in the United Kingdom was the development of a flourishing independent sector alongside good quality public services. The aims of the reforms were to increase the available range of options, widen consumer choice and promote independence. The purpose of the study reported here was to examine - from the perspective of older service users, their carers and care managers - experiences at the operational level of arranging, delivering and receiving care services. The findings are based on data gathered in seven local authorities including reviews of case files, policy documents and face-to-face, in-depth interviews with 55 users, 37 carers and 28 care managers. There is evidence of a pronounced emphasis on procedure-based systems of care management. Potentially this has two significant consequences. First, the fostering of personal relationships may be subordinated to the organisation of short-term tasks and thereby may threaten patterns of trust and accountability. Second, the associated fragmentation of the assessment and care management process which in turn can lead to discontinuities of care for users and their carers. The paper concludes that there is still some way to go before care managers as micro-commissioners have sufficient and reliable information or available service capacity to match providers' capabilities with users' and carers' needs
Care homes for older people and younger adults: consultation document
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 17p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Consultation document on care homes concerning the establishment of national standards of care for homes for older people and adults (18-65 years).
Taking care of later life: a matter of justice?
- Author:
- JOHNSON Julia
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Social Work, 32(6), September 2002, pp.739-750.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
This paper reviews current policies and practices regarding the provision of long-term care for older people. In particular it focuses on three aspects which are central to social work and care management: current developments in residential and nursing home care; charging for care; and the shifting boundary between health and social care. It argues that, in all respects, these policies and the ways in which they are being implemented are incompatible with the notion of social justice. Over the last fifty years, the older generation has invested heavily in the welfare state and continues to make a significant contribution to it. The security and well-being of those in need of long-term care is, however, being threatened by the marketization and commodification of care provision.