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Catholic trend for care homes
- Author:
- PHILPOT Terry
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 13.3.03, 2003, pp.36-37.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Looks at research which describes how Catholic residential homes are facing up to the harsh economic climate throughout residential care for older people.
An example to us all
- Author:
- HUNTER Mark
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 16.10.03, 2003, pp.58-59.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Looks the introduction of free nursing and personal care for older people by Scotland's local authorities and explains why the approach seems to be working.
Guidance to local authorities on the arrangements for the implementation and administration of Supporting People in Wales
- Author:
- WALES. Welsh Assembly Government
- Publisher:
- Wales. Welsh Assembly Government
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 220p.
- Place of publication:
- Cardiff
Supporting People is the new policy and funding framework for support services for people in supported and sheltered accommodation. In April 2003 Supporting People funds for the elderly and those receiving care services were transferred to the local authorities, to be administered by them as Supporting People Grant (SPG). The Welsh Assembly Government currently retains the Supporting People Revenue Grant (SPRG) scheme, which funds all other types of support service.
It's in the definition
- Author:
- VALIOS Natalie
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 27.3.03, 2003, pp.32-34.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
In 1999, an Appeal Court case ruling in the Coughlan suggested that continuing care for older and disabled people should in many cases, be paid for by the NHS. Looks at how, four years later, the confusion continues.
The aging network and the future of long-term care
- Authors:
- CARBONELL Josefina, POLIVKA Larry
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 42(3/4), 2003, pp.313-321.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Federal and state governments face a significant challenge in meeting the long-term care needs of an older population that will double in size between 2000 and 2020 and continue to increase through 2050. States have made significant improvements in their long-term care systems for the elderly. However, they are still spending a significant proportion of their long-term care funds on nursing homes. Any effort to improve long-term care for the elderly qualitatively, and not just on the margins, must be focused on developing a more flexible and balanced long-term care system that is responsive to consumer choice. The Aging Services Network is poised to play a significant role in this transformation process. The strengths of the Network include the ability to develop and manage consumer-driven community-based programmes; to assess the needs and resources of individual older persons and provide cost-effective community supports; to operate within fixed, capped budgets; and to identify and maintain roles for informal caregivers. Now is the time for national aging organizations, state units on aging, and area agencies on aging to use existing opportunities to move towards the establishment of a balanced system of long-term care. (Copies of this article are available from: Haworth Document Delivery Centre Haworth Press Inc., 10 Alice Street Binghamton, NY 13904-1580)
Memorandum on older people and human rights
- Authors:
- HARDING Tessa, GOULD Jena
- Publisher:
- Help the Aged
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 15p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Older people are afforded protection of their human rights under the Human Rights Act 1998 (the HRA 1998), which incorporates the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) into domestic law. These rights may be asserted when facing difficulties in these areas: physical and mental health; community care; social care; housing; transport; employment; income; education and leisure; utilities and consumer protection; access to information; and decision-making.
Ombudsman section
- Author:
- KIRKHAM Richard
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law, 25(3), 2003, pp.267-275.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Provides a recent example of the ability of the Health Service Ombudsmen to improve and add to not only the provision of redress for individual citizens, but also the accountability and effectiveness of administrative governance in the UK.
Long-term care research and policy
- Author:
- KEMPER Peter
- Journal article citation:
- Gerontologist, 43(4), August 2003, pp.436-446.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
This article provides a framework for understanding how long-term care (LTC) research contributes to policy, develops a typology of research contributions to policy with examples of each type, and suggests ways to ensure that contributions continue in the future. The article draws on in-depth interviews with LTC experts working at the interface between research and policy, as well as a small, informal Internet survey and the relevant political science and health policy literature. LTC research makes important contributions to policy, but its contributions easily go unrecognized because they are subtle and often depend on research investments made many years before policy is affected. Thus, it is important to consider what investments in LTC research initiatives and infrastructure are needed to ensure the future contributions of research to policy and to identify barriers to funding such investments. A number of steps that researchers can take to enhance the future contribution of research to LTC policy are proposed.
Residents' views of a continuing care retirement community
- Author:
- JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- York
Hartrigg Oaks in New Earswick, York, is the first example in the UK of a Continuing Care Retirement Community (CCRC). This non-profit-making community, developed without government subsidy and run by the Joseph Rowntree Housing Trust, has a financing system unique in the UK. Capital payments and annual fees from each resident are pooled to fund care and support services for all the residents. This allows Hartrigg Oaks to charge a flat rate, inflation-linked fee, that will not rise even if a resident needs permanent residential care. (Residents can opt to pay for care as needed.) The objective is to achieve a balance between those residents who need care and support and those who do not make many demands on its care services. Hartrigg Oaks must therefore try to ensure that it has the right 'balance' of residents and appeals to the 'young-old' who anticipate living independently for some years to come. All potential residents undergo a health check.
Life at the edge
- Authors:
- MORBEY Hazel, PANNELL Jenny, MEANS Robin
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 14.8.03, 2003, pp.36-37.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Reports on research from the University of the West of England which evaluated a three-year programme funding 17 projects for older homeless people's services. The projects involved Help the Aged, the Housing Associations' Charitable Trust and Crisis. Services provided included: street outreach and day centre services; resettlement and tenancy sustainment; and housing and benefits advice. The study challenged traditional images of older homeless people and found that a combination of difficult experiences and circumstances can often lead to homelessness. The study also revealed how voluntary agencies working in this area also survive on the margins and have difficulties in funding services.