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A guide to develop links with the community
- Author:
- KNOCKER Sally
- Publisher:
- NAPA
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 19p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This publication is one of a series of guides called the Activity Toolkit which are aimed at increasing understanding of the activity needs for older people and equipping staff with the skills to enable older people to enjoy a range of activity whilst living in care settings. This guide promotes the benefits of increased community links. It explores some of the barriers to making and maintaining community links and helps with suggestions for overcoming these. It argues that the role of Activity Providers should include co-ordination of a range of activities and providers. This will take an initial investment of time researching individual resident interests, finding out more about the local area, and making phone calls and visits to establish contacts. This guide includes a list of ideas for places to go out to and a list of individuals or organisations which might be invited to come into a care setting. It also offers guidance on how to find out about the local area and initiate new relationships.
The forgotten age: understanding poverty and social exclusion in later life
- Authors:
- MCKEE Sara, (chair)
- Publisher:
- Centre for Social Justice
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 251p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
In this interim report the Centre for Social Justice Older Age Working Group presents an analysis of the nature and scale of the challenge the government faces in tackling poverty and social exclusion among older people in the UK. The review included analysis of statistics, gathered evidence from a range of stakeholders, and commissioned internet-based public polling. It identified several key indicators concerning the poorest older people in society which are used as core report themes. These are: money (including pensioner poverty, impact of the recession, the state pension and state benefits, and fuel poverty), community and lifestyle (including community and neighbourhoods, crime, transport, health, volunteering and digital exclusion), housing (including housing standards, design, adaptation and improvement, sheltered and retirement housing, and old age homelessness), and care (including social care, unpaid care, state provision of care, care at home, and care homes). The Working Group's second and final report, to be published in 2011, will set out a range of policy recommendations based on this analysis.
'Call it personalisation if you like': the realities and dilemmas of organising care in a small rural community
- Author:
- BURTON John
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Work Practice, 24(3), September 2010, pp.301-313.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
The author of this article questions the thinking behind the personalisation agenda and discusses the difficulties of reconciling the national and local government version of personalisation with the community's ideas and expectations of personal care. The article describes and analyses the process of trying to establish Beechfield Community Care, an independent, community-owned and run organisation to provide support and care for older people in a rural community, in the context of the proposed closure of a local authority care home in the West Country. The author argues that the policy context for personalisation is one of increasing regulation, standards, audit and procedures, leading to the bureaucratisation of care, formulation of care practice, and flight from relationship-based care.
Retirement lifestyles in a niche housing market: park-home living in England
- Author:
- BEVAN Mark
- Journal article citation:
- Ageing and Society, 30(6), August 2010, pp.965-985.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
Residential mobile homes, usually referred to as park homes, are a small, niche sector of the United Kingdom housing market. Whilst the sector has long provided a low-cost housing option for people of all ages, in recent years it has increasingly aligned itself as a lifestyle choice for older people. This paper reports a study of residents of park-homes that focused on their motivations for choosing this form of accommodation, and on their views about and experiences of park-home living. Semi-structured qualitative interviews were conducted with 40 park-home residents in sites in either private ownership, local authority or housing association ownership in various regions of England. Most respondents reported very positive experiences of park-home living and shared similar views about the benefits, but there were a few dissenting voices. Two conceptual frameworks are used to help understand the experiences of the respondents. ‘Elective belonging’ offers a way of contextualising the narratives that people articulate about their lifestyle choices and that affirm their sense of biographical continuity even having moved to new locations. This notion also helps frame some of the tensions that arise among the residents. The second framework, ‘biographical disruption’, is a way of framing the stories that the respondents told when their lives had not followed the anticipated trajectory and by which they coped and made sense of the circumstances which soured their chosen lifestyle.
Bringing dementia out of the shadows for BME elders: a report on the Ethnic Minority Dementia Advocacy Project (EMDAP)
- Author:
- ADVOCACY PLUS
- Journal article citation:
- Working with Older People, 14(1), March 2010, pp.12-15.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
In this article, Advocacy Plus (formerly Westminster Advocacy Service for Senior Residents) presents the findings and recommendations of the 2009 report Bringing Dementia Out Of the Shadows for BME Elders: A Report on the Ethnic Minority Dementia Advocacy Project, which examined the impact of dementia on black and minority ethnic communities, their attitudes towards the disease, the cultural barriers that prevent effective help, support and advocacy, and the gaps in current service provision. The article summarises the findings of the research, including that very little is known about the numbers or experience of BME people with dementia and that many BME community organisations know little of the prevalence of dementia in their communities, the nature of dementia or the services available to support them, discusses working with advocacy providers and BME community organisations, and sets out some of the barriers to access the service for BME elders and good practice guidance on delivering services that are accessible to BME elders.
Under pressure: tackling the financial challenge for councils of an ageing population
- Author:
- AUDIT COMMISSION
- Publisher:
- Audit Commission
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 64p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Local councils face considerable challenges in responding to an ageing population during a time of tightened public resources. They need a good grasp of changing local demographics and what these mean for older people and for local services. They must work in partnership with other organisations to redesign services and target them more effectively to make public money go as far as possible. This report provides study tools and guidance which will support councils in developing better use of local data. Better information will enable councils to improve financial planning for both the medium and the longterm. Joint strategic needs assessments must support stronger awareness of the impacts of changing demographics, and should provide opportunities for joint responses that make best use of available funds
'Active ageing': a qualitative study in six Caribbean countries
- Authors:
- CLOOS Patrick, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Ageing and Society, 30(1), January 2010, pp.79-101.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
This study explored the experiences of older people in six Caribbean countries relating to ‘active ageing’. Data were collected principally through 31 focus group discussions conducted in both urban and rural areas; most participants were urban-based women aged 60-70 years, of lower socio-economic status. Large disparities in the responses of Caribbean societies to population ageing were indicated, as well as unequal opportunities to obtain health care and social services, public transport, income and food by both socio-economic status and location. Home-care services are either insufficient or non-existent. Some older people receive social and financial support from relatives while others fear isolation and face deprivation. It was concluded that a comprehensive and multi-sectoral approach using the ‘active ageing’ framework should be implemented to ensure a healthy ageing process.
Rural housing, older people and the big society
- Author:
- McCARTHY Michael
- Publisher:
- DH Care Networks. Housing Learning and Improvement Network
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 35p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This report reorders and updates earlier work on housing with care for older people in rural areas in the light of new Government policy and funding arrangements since the General Election. It aims to provide a resume of the recent and emerging scope of government and independent sector activity in the planning and delivery of housing for older people in rural areas and to signpost key policy documents and publications. In particular, the report considers the themes of ‘The Big Society’, the rolling back of central Government, and localism. At the centre of policy is the aim that older people should be able to ‘age in place’ and live independently in the community. The report summarises the main characteristics of housing for later life in rural areas and looks at the part played by older people in the rural economy. It identifies a number of gaps and deficits in thinking and action on housing for older people that require attention. It also makes recommendations for action in improving the housing circumstances of older rural people, ideally through collaboration and formal partnering. A number of rural housing and enabling services exemplars are identified.
The future of identity and belonging
- Authors:
- OATEN Mark, et al
- Publisher:
- Office for Public Management
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 22p.
- Place of publication:
- London
For this briefing, aimed at public sector decision-makers and practitioners, five contributors were asked what future they see for identity and belonging in Britain over the next two decades. The contributions cover the changing nature of political identities, gender, identity and belonging, feeling British, changing expectations about old age and older people, and the differences between race and faith as aspects of identity. They include discussion of the impact of income, status and mobility in informing the extent to which identities are likely to shape experiences.
Practical approaches to improving the lives of disabled and older people through building stronger communities
- Authors:
- WILTON Catherine, ROUTLEDGE Martin
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 33p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Social care transformation is not limited to personal budgets or even to public services targeted at people eligible for state support. It is also about how people help themselves and each other as individuals, in groups and communities and how they make best use of the resources available for all citizens in their area. This briefing sets out the arguments for why building strong and resilient communities is a key component of social care transformation, including new evidence that it can save money. It also outlines approaches currently being developed by councils with their public sector and community partners. In particular, the Building Community Capacity to Put People First project has been engaging with and learning from councils and their community partners who are working to make the goal of social care transformation a reality. This briefing and its appendix puts their work in the context of the personalisation agenda and shares some of the learning to date. It also directs readers to useful materials and trails forthcoming practical aids from the consortium.