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Involving older people in community care planning: findings
- Author:
- JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- York
'Older people' form the largest group of community care users but the term does not refer to a static group: older people move in and out of user status as health and care needs fluctuate. Little is known of their role in planning or evaluating care provision. A report from the Social Policy Research Unit reviews practical initiatives seeking to involve older people.
Older people shaping policy and practice
- Author:
- JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- York
Older people are a diverse population; their definitions of "a life worth living" and the support needed to achieve that should be paramount. Much policy and practice are still based on the assumption that older people are a ‘burden’. This is problematic for older people and means that resources fail to deliver their definitions of quality. Despite modernising initiatives, barriers in attitudes, approaches, and resources remain within the way that health and social care services operate.There are also good practices and empowering ways of working. These need to be retained and developed. Care services, however, are only a small part of the support that older people value and only a small part of the experience of growing older. Many older people remain isolated – living in one’s own home with no support or contact can be as disempowering as the stereotype of a nursing home. Older people are citizens with important roles in supporting families and within communities. They are also the biggest providers of support to other older people. Contrary to common perception, there is a great deal of evidence of support within communities but these networks are often hidden and tenuous. Involving older people – individually and collectively. Involvement is both individual (about one’s own life) and collective (about local and national initiatives). However, in current practice most involvement takes the form of set pieces, such as having an individual older person on a Social Services Committee. It is often simply about information-giving or consultations which have little effect in bringing about real change. Meaningful involvement requires standards about when older people are first included, how their involvement is resourced, their involvement throughout the whole process, and their scope to influence the outcomes. Older people can set an agenda for programmes of work about older people. There are examples to build upon of involving older people as commissioners of research, researchers and co-researchers, reference group members, users of research findings and peer reviewers.
Experiences and expectations of people leaving paid work after 50
- Author:
- JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- York
Increasing numbers of people are leaving employment before standard retirement ages, through a combination of factors such as choice, redundancy, health difficulties and increased care commitments. This report examines the experiences of people in their fifties and sixties who have left paid work. The research looked at how people came to leave their jobs, how they had adjusted to life outside the labour market, and how they were spending their time in retirement.