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Direct payments for people with dementia
- Author:
- PETCH Alison
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 2.9.10, 2010, pp.32-33.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Reviews research in Scotland based on the experiences of twelve people with dementia who used direct payments. Carers and representatives of ten local authorities were interviewed, and freedom of information (FOI) requests were made to all local authorities in Scotland. Findings were that, although local authorities promoted direct payments, uptake by people with dementia and their carers was low. Direct payment rates varied widely across councils. Recommendations include improved publicity to increase awareness, reduced bureaucracy and ensuring parity across different local authorities.
Extending the housing options for older people: focus on extra care
- Author:
- PETCH Alison
- Publisher:
- Institute for Research and Innovation in Social Services
- Publication year:
- 2014
- Pagination:
- 16
- Place of publication:
- Glasgow
This Insight summarises the evidence on policy and practice issues for housing with care and support for older people, focusing on extra care provision, and the extent to which different models provide an effective alternative to residential and nursing care. The review begins by providing a short overview to the policy context in Scotland. It then looks at the evidence in the following areas: location, support arrangements, quality of life, provision for dementia, building design, end of life and cost. The Insight covers ‘extra care’ that offers self-contained accommodation units, support accessible 24 hours, some collective meal provision and a range of leisure and other facilities on site. (Original abstract)
The price is right
- Author:
- PETCH Alison
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 25.9.08, 2008, pp.34-35.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
In 2002 the Joseph Rowntree Foundation devised a formula for calculating a reasonable fee level for individuals resident in care homes for frail older people and people with dementia. This has been now re-issued with data from Spring 2008 to provide a basis for determining 'fair market fees'. This article summaries the main elements of the model: staffing; repairs and maintenance; other current costs; and capital costs, the latter including investors' and operators' returns.
How does the community care?: public attitudes to community care in Scotland
- Authors:
- CURTICE Lisa, PETCH Alison
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive. Social Research
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 49p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
As part of the 2001 Scottish Social Attitudes Survey, the Scottish Executive funded a module of 40 questions on the attitudes of people in Scotland to a range of community care issues. Interviews were completed with 1605 individuals across Scotland. Three quarters of respondents felt comfortable about living next door to a frail older person and more than half about living next door to a person with a learning disability. Less than half, however, felt comfortable about living next door to a person with mental illness or with dementia. Respondents were strongly in favour of individuals with support needs living in the community rather than in care homes or hospitals. This view was most common for a person with a learning disability and least common (but still the majority) for a person with dementia. Most people interviewed thought that a person with a mental illness or a learning disability should not serve on a jury. Support needs, it was felt, should in the main be met by paid workers. The exception was for the person with a learning disability needing to be accompanied to a club where the potential contribution of family members and volunteers was cited. A substantial majority considered the funding of support to be the responsibility of the government. Respondents with personal experience of care were even more likely than others to take this view. There was strong support for individuals remaining within their own homes when this was their wish, even when this was a more expensive option. Only a fifth of respondents thought that those able to pay should be able to access better quality provision, suggesting strong support for equity. Respondents expressed a willingness to pay higher taxes to generate funds for increased expenditure on health, support for older people and pensions. The top priorities for additional government spending on older people were home helps, special housing provision, and district nurses.