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Helping 50+ jobseekers back to work: lessons for the Work and Health Programme
- Author:
- AGE UK
- Publisher:
- Age UK
- Publication year:
- 2016
- Pagination:
- 27
- Place of publication:
- London
Policy report which examines why the Government's 'Work Programme' for the long term unemployed and people with a disability has failed the over 50s. It builds on a previous 2013 Age UK report and research conducted by the Centre for Economic and Social Inclusion to examines the performance of the Government's Work Programme for the long-term unemployed among its participants aged 50 and over. The report looks at why older participants get worse outcomes and what should be done to address the problem; the impact of disability and health on the employment of older people; and regional variations in performance – by geographical area and among providers. It concludes by making recommendations for the Work and Health Programme in order to improve job outcomes for people aged 50 and over. These include early referral to the scheme for jobseekers within ten years of their State Pension age; specialist initiatives for the over 50s; improved opportunities to re- and up-skill; and for the DWP to build a job brokerage service into its employment support delivery. (Edited publisher abstract)
The state of Shared Lives in England: report 2015
- Author:
- SHARED LIVES PLUS
- Publisher:
- Shared Lives Plus
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Pagination:
- 27
- Place of publication:
- Liverpool
Summarise the findings of the 2014 State of Shared Lives survey. Shared Lives offers a flexible, person centred solution to housing, care and support needs for older and disabled people, giving people the opportunity to share family and community life with a Shared Lives carer. The report shows that there has been significant growth in the number of people using Shared Lives of 1300 or 14 per cent. This is at a time when other forms of social care are shrinking significantly as budgets are cut. There is a marked increase in the number of schemes diversifying into offering services to people who do not have learning disabilities. The number of older people receiving support has increased and the number of young people under 18 years old has more than doubled. The average net savings from a long-term Shared Lives arrangement per-person per year are £26,000 for people with learning disabilities and £8,000 for people with mental health needs. (Edited publisher abstract)
Local authority interventions to improve quality in supported housing
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
- Publication year:
- 2022
- Place of publication:
- London
This guide brings together work undertaken by the five local authorities who participated in the 2020-2021 Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) supported housing pilots. Supported housing is accommodation packaged with support or care to enable some of the most vulnerable people to live as independently as possible in the community. The aim of this guide is to share learning from the pilot authorities' experience of improving quality and value for money in supported housing. The pilots were undertaken in response to increasing reports of providers using the welfare system to fund unjustified levels of rent and service charges and not providing good quality care, support or supervision for vulnerable people. The pilot authorities worked to address these concerns, focussing where poor quality is most often concentrated - in non-commissioned, supported 'exempt' accommodation. This guide sets out how the pilots conducted their activities but is not exhaustive and other local authorities may address quality concerns in different ways. Activities outlined in this guide include: establishing a council multidisciplinary team; undertaking strategic planning to understand local need and supply; conducting a standardised assessment of new providers and schemes; reviewing resident support; completing accommodation inspections; planning and targeting interventions effectively. The guide also addresses potential risks and challenges. (Edited publisher abstract)
Supported Housing Improvement Programme prospectus
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
- Publication year:
- 2022
- Place of publication:
- London
This prospectus provides detailed guidance and context that will assist local authorities, both in considering whether and how to bid for the Supported Housing Improvement Programme, and also for those local authorities who go on to participate in the programme. The Programme is an England-wide £20 million funding programme, available over the 3 financial years (2022 to 2025), which draws on the outcomes and good practice from earlier pilots. The Programme requires the establishment of a multi-disciplinary team, bringing together expertise from across the Council, allowing for a holistic approach to improving quality and value for money. The team could comprise members from: housing options/housing need; homelessness/rough sleeping; adult social care including social workers and commissioners; housing enforcement including environmental health; revenues and benefits. Other key activities will include: improving quality and oversight of support; improving quality of accommodation; scrutiny of housing benefit claims; need and supply assessment; strategic planning; and gateway reviews (standardised process to manage new providers or new schemes). (Edited publisher abstract)
The unequal impact of Covid-19: investigating the effect on people with certain protected characteristics
- Author:
- NHS CONFEDERATION
- Publisher:
- NHS Confederation
- Publication year:
- 2022
- Place of publication:
- London
This report showcases examples of health and care systems across the country devising innovative approaches to mitigate the direct effects of COVID-19, through targeted vaccination campaigns, and support for people to recover from indirect impacts, through wellbeing and support programmes. The report maps existing research into COVID-19 inequalities onto some of the UK Equality Act 2010 protected characteristics, showing how the pandemic has interacted with them. It then showcases four case studies of how different health and care systems have put in place interventions to respond to these inequalities when designing their COVID-19 response. Evidence highlighted in this report indicates that people who do not fall into the white British ethnic group, women (including pregnant women), people with disabilities and older people have all experienced worse consequences stemming from the pandemic. In some cases these relate to disease outcomes from COVID-19 itself, whereas in other cases the measures put in place to stop the spread of COVID-19, have made problems with working and living conditions worse. The examples presented in this paper evidence that barriers came down during the pandemic to protect staff, patients and resources both within the NHS, and between NHS organisations and external partners in local government and the voluntary sector. They also show that tackling health inequality in an inclusive way is possible. The NHS and its partners must continue to gather data both on the direct and indirect impacts of the pandemic on people with different protected characteristics, and on the effectiveness of different programmes in addressing these impacts. Building on the achievements of the past two years, we must fund voluntary and community sector partners and put processes in place to consolidate partnership working (both within the NHS and between NHS organisations and other stakeholders) to drive continued progress in reducing inequalities affecting people with protected characteristics. (Edited publisher abstract)
Older adult caregivers of their spouses with acquired late-life disability: examining the effectiveness of an internet-based meditation program in mitigating stress and promoting wellbeing
- Author:
- PANDYA Samta P.
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work in Mental Health, 18(1), 2020, pp.12-38.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
This article reports a study examining the impact of an internet-based meditation program in mitigating stress and promoting wellbeing among older adult caregivers of their spouses with acquired late-life disability in Central Europe and South Asia compared to leisure. Posttest (T2) the meditation cohort exhibited lower caregiver burden and psychological distress, improved responses to care challenges, and greater wellbeing compared to the leisure group. South Asians, women, middle class, college educated, whose spouses had locomotor and sensory disabilities and lived as a couple alone, reported lesser caregiving burden, improved responses to care challenges, lesser distress and greater wellbeing at T2. Meditation lessons attended and self-practice mediated the relationship between demographic predictors and outcomes and self-practice had the largest positive impact. Meditation influenced certain aspects of caregiver wellbeing more such as self-care and certain specific aspects of wellbeing. Internet-based caregiver interventions are evidence as useful for social work with older caregivers. (Edited publisher abstract)
Building community capacity: the economic case in adult social care in England
- Author:
- PERSONAL SOCIAL SERVICES RESEARCH UNIT
- Publisher:
- NIHR School for Social Care Research
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Pagination:
- 4
- Place of publication:
- London
This briefing summarises the findings of a study to establish the costs, outputs and outcomes of a number of four best practice community capacity-building projects, especially in relation to their potential for alleviating pressures on adult social care budgets and in the context of current policy interests. All projects worked under financial uncertainties and these challenges highlighted a poor fit between third sector infrastructures and the public sector’s growing requirements for targeted, evidence-based investments. The four projects evaluated comprised support services for people with disabilities, a help-at-home scheme for older people, a training scheme to produce local health champions and a peer-support project for people with mental health issues. Such third sector approaches may postpone or replace formal social care, but projects found it difficult to meet demands for data, whether for making a business case or for the purposes of research. The study found that well-targeted schemes have the potential to produce both benefits to participants and substantial savings to public agencies. Yet the current commissioning context tends to encourage organisations to focus on established priorities rather than to develop innovative, community-based services. (Edited publisher abstract)
Civic engagement for older adults with functional limitations: piloting an intervention for adult day health participants
- Authors:
- DABELKO-SCHOENY Holly, ANDERSON Keith A., SPINKS Katie
- Journal article citation:
- Gerontologist, 50(5), October 2010, pp.694-701.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Past research has demonstrated the importance of civic engagement for older adults. This pilot study evaluates whether a civic engagement intervention is feasible for older adults with functional limitations and identifies the benefits of participation in such a programme. A convenience sample of 43 individuals who were 60 or over was recruited from two adult day health centres. A multicomponent intervention was implemented comprising education, service, and recognition phases. Using a nonequivalent switching replications design, researchers compared participants receiving the civic engagement intervention with participants receiving treatment as usual. In terms of feasibility, the intervention was unproblematic and amenable to this population. Participants receiving the intervention reported higher, yet nonsignificant, levels of purpose in life, self-esteem, and perceived physical health when compared with those in the control group. However, five weeks following the withdrawal of the intervention, participants reported a significant decrease in self-esteem and perceived physical health. The article concludes that civic engagement interventions appear to be quite feasible and possibly beneficial for older adults with physical and cognitive limitations. Future studies should examine the nature and amount of engagement needed to maximize the benefits of such interventions.
Treating depression in disabled, low-income elderly: a conceptual model and recommendations for care
- Authors:
- AREAN Patricia A., et al
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 25(8), August 2010, pp.765-769.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Ten percent of older people in the United States live at or below the poverty line, and the treatment of depression within this group is complicated by several factors, where poor access to resources, disability, and mild cognitive impairment are the main factors that moderate treatment effects. Interventions that not only address the depressive syndrome but also manage social adversity are needed to help this patient population recover from depression. This paper presents a literature review of correlates of depression in late life. In the review the authors propose a treatment model that combines case management to address social adversity with problem solving treatment to address the depressive syndrome. The case of a male patient is outlined – living in poverty, depressed, and physically disabled. The authors’ illustrate how the combination of case management and problem solving treatment can work together to ameliorate depression. In conclusion, the paper suggests that the combination of age, disability, and social adversity complicates the management and treatment of depression. Case management and problem solving treatment are interventions that work synergistically to overcome depression and manage social problems.
Popp: the story so far
- Author:
- HENWOOD Melanie
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 18.2.10, 2010, pp.30-31.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The Partnerships for Older People Projects (Popp) initiative was funded by the Department of Health to develop services for older people to promote their health, well-being and independence, and prevent or delay their need for institutional care. Twenty-nine councils in England were involved as sites for the pilots, which ran from 2006 to 2009. This article reviews the National Evaluation of Popp which suggests nearly all projects are cost effective, while there was particular success with the provision of practical help.