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Housing, health and wellbeing in your local area
- Author:
- LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
- Publisher:
- Local Government Association
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Place of publication:
- London
This report provides an overview of housing provision in relation to health and wellbeing within local areas in England. It is designed to supplement the LGA’s ‘Health and wellbeing in England: a focus on housing’ report that explores housing and health in local authority, by providing an overview of the population and factors affecting housing conditions, and potentially health and wellbeing, at ward level. To focus on areas of most concern, charts have been limited to show 50 wards, highlighting those with the most challenging circumstances, relative to other wards in the area, at the top of the chart. The maps show the distribution of various metrics at ward level. For each area, the report covers: living arrangements, population characteristics, health and wellbeing of the general population, and health and wellbeing among older people and children. (Edited publisher abstract)
Age- and child-friendly cities and the promise of intergenerational space
- Authors:
- BIGGS Simon, CARR Ashley
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Work Practice, 29(1), 2015, pp.99-112.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Descriptions of age-friendly and child-friendly cities exhibit similarities and differences, yet both are essential if we are to develop an understanding of intergenerational space. It is argued that combining age-based priorities and the possibilities for generational empathy provide a way of reintroducing intergenerational relations as key to the debate on the future of the City. By shifting the focus or debate towards a critical understanding of intergenerational relations, a way forward is suggested that draws on the work of Guy Debord and on contemporary debates about environments ‘for all ages’. Seen through a life course lens, the urban environment becomes instrumental in shifting debate, away from the fixed needs of work and consumption and towards a more flexible creation of urban time and space that includes social and emotional aspects of intergenerational belonging and community. (Publisher abstract)
Social protection: European comparisons of expenditure, 2007 to 2013
- Author:
- CAROLAN Gerard
- Publisher:
- Office for National Statistics
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Pagination:
- 13
- Place of publication:
- London
An analysis of the UK social protection expenditure in comparison to the 28 European Union states together with Switzerland, Iceland, Norway, Turkey and Serbia. Social protection comprises the various benefits provided to households, usually by public bodies, to help with their needs, including old age, sickness, family and children, disability, housing and others. The paper shows that the UK spent £483 billion on social protection in 2013, equivalent to 28 per cent of GDP: nearly three quarters of social protection expenditure was on old age and sickness. Between 2008 and 2013, the number of male old age beneficiaries rose 16.0 per cent while the number of female old age beneficiaries fell by 0.2 per cent. In 2013, expenditure on disability social protection in the UK fell in real terms by £392 per recipient. In 2013, the UK maintained its position among the selected countries as the highest spender on housing social protection (£394 per capita). (Edited publisher abstract)
Intergenerational programs for persons with dementia: a scoping review
- Authors:
- GALBRAITH Bethany, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 58(4), 2015, pp.357-378.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Participation in intergenerational programmes can have a positive impact on quality of life and well-being across age groups. This study sought to examine the characteristics, goals, and outcomes of intergenerational programmes for persons with dementia and children or youth. Six hundred and seventy-nine unique abstracts were identified through a search of 7 medical databases, 16 social science databases, 2 grey literature databases, and other sources. Twenty-seven articles met criteria for review. Articles must have gathered information on programme design, goals, outcomes, or participants’ perceptions. Overall, 3 themes emerged: programme design, outcomes for child or youth participants, and outcomes for persons with dementia. Music, arts-based, and narrative programmes were most common. Outcomes include effects on perceptions of ageing and dementia, behaviour, mood, engagement and sense of self. The use of qualitative and quantitative data, as well as descriptive articles, provided a richer picture of the relational features of intergenerational programmes to emerge. The type of programme had less of an impact on positive outcomes than if the activity was meaningful for participants and supported shared opportunities for relationship building and growth. The relationship-based skill set and scope of social work practitioners provides opportunity for the development, facilitation, and evaluation of intergenerational programmes. The difficulties of establishing best practices due to methodological challenges and implications for further research are presented. (Edited publisher abstract)
Service framework for learning disability
- Author:
- NORTHERN IRELAND. Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety
- Publisher:
- Northern Ireland. Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Pagination:
- 157
- Place of publication:
- Belfast
This Service framework for learning disabilities is one of a set of Service Frameworks which sets out standards for health and social care to be used by service users and carers, to help them understand the standard of care they can expect to receive in Northern Ireland. The Service Framework for Learning Disability aims to improve the health and wellbeing of people with a learning disability and their carers and families by promoting social inclusion, reducing inequalities in health and social wellbeing and improving the quality of health and social care services. The Framework sets standards in relation to: Safeguarding and Communication and Involvement in the Planning and Delivery of Services; Children and Young People; Entering Adulthood; Inclusion in Community Life; Meeting General Physical and Mental Health Needs; Meeting Complex Physical and Mental Health Needs; At Home in The Community; Ageing Well; and Palliative and End of Life Care. Each standard is accompanied by a statement on what the standard is intended to achieve. It also sets out the evidence base and rationale for the development of the standard and the performance indicators that will be used to measure that the standard during the three year period 2013 - 2016. The Framework has been developed with the involvement of people from all aspects of health and social care, including patients, users of services and their carers. (Edited publisher abstract)