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Making direct payments work for older people
- Author:
- JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- York
The scope of the Community Care (Direct Payments) Act was extended to older people in February 2000. However, scepticism remains about older people's desire and ability to use direct payments. A new study examined the way older people use direct payments, how they make them work, and the role of local authority care managers and direct payments support services in making direct payments a real option for older people. The research was conducted in three local authority areas in England.
People with preserved rights: a socially excluded minority
- Author:
- LAING William
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation,|York Publishing Services
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 33p.
- Place of publication:
- York
This study assesses different policy options to address the anomalous position of care homes residents with ‘preserved rights’. By August 1999, there were still some 64,000 care home residents whose only source of state funding was ‘preserved rights’ Income Support. The main brunt of financial disadvantage is borne by older claimants and their families in the more affluent parts of the country, where Income Support limits are insufficient to meet typical market fee rates. In addition, claimants of all ages are excluded from non-financial support and advocacy offered by social services departments under the community care reforms, which have passed preserved rights residents by. The author concludes that the best option is to abolish the preserved rights regime and transfer funding and care management for claimants to local authorities. The research shows that the cost to the state of meeting fee shortfalls would be small. The largest impact would be the extra cost to local authorities of purchasing and care management arrangements.
Carers of older people with dementia: assessment and the Carers Act
- Authors:
- SEDDON Diane, ROBINSON Catherine A.
- Journal article citation:
- Health and Social Care in the Community, 9(3), May 2001, pp.151-158.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Article reports the key findings of a two-year study that evaluated the process and outcomes of assessments carried out under the Carers (Recognition and Services) Act 1995. The findings offer insights to policy makers and practitioners and profile how care managers assess carers' needs. In addition, the article describes carers' qualitative experiences of the assessment process and the difficulties care managers encounter in translating into practice the policy emphasis on supporting carers. Suggests that separate carer assessments are not an established feature of care management practice and that care managers lack an explicit framework to direct assessment of carers' needs.
Nothing personal: rationing social care for older people
- Author:
- HELP THE AGED
- Publisher:
- Help the Aged
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 112p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Local authorities are rationing social services in an effort to manage limited services. The strategies include waiting lists eligibility criteria and charging for home care services. As a result social services departments can help only the most dependant people. This book looks at the ways in which chronic underfunding of social care is undermining the original intentions of the NHS and Community Care Act 1990.
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).