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Maritime Charities Funding Group: accommodation, care and support strategy for older seafarers and their dependents: executive summary
- Author:
- OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY. Institute of Public Care
- Publisher:
- Oxford Brookes University. Institute of Public Care
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- Oxford
Demographic change amongst the seafarer population is neither uniform nor does it follow the national increase. Over the next ten years it is estimated that for the over 60's population the number of ex Royal Navy personnel will fall by 31 % and former fishermen by 15% although the number of ex merchant seamen aged over 60 is projected to rise by 12%. Overall, this will produce a decline in the number of former seafarers aged over 60 from 569,000 to 439,000. Older seafarers, as for all older people, will have an increasingly complex range of support needs. There is recognition that there is going to be an increasing demand for specialist dementia care facilities, as well as general nursing care needed by older seafarers. This report suggests that the Maritime Charities Funding Group adopts as its vision the following four outcomes in order to prioritise and determine future funding: older seafarers are helped to be independent, healthy and happy; older seafarers are able to live in the community and accommodation they want; older seafarers are able to make informed choices about where and how they live; and older seafarers with complex needs are able to receive high quality specialist care.
The pressure's on
- Author:
- FORDER Julien
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 8.2.07, 2007, pp.30-31.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
With a rapidly ageing population and a growing number of people with disabilities services are coming under more pressure. The author examines the evidence, including the Wanless review, for more money from the comprehensive spending review for older people’s services.
Facing the cost of long-term care: towards a sustainable funding system
- Author:
- HIRSCH Donald
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 38p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- York
Over the past decade it has become ever clearer that the UK lacks an adequate, coherent and fair basis for paying for long-term care for older people. As a result, services are already under strain, not all needs are being met, and all are ill-prepared to meet future challenges as the population continues to age. This study brings together evidence and discussions assembled by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation. It identifies some key challenges that need addressing in order to start moving towards a fairer, more rational and adequate system of funding It deliberately avoids proposing a radical redesign of the whole system, though there is a case for that. Rather it provides a platform for sensible discussion of how to design improvements in the funding system.
Paying for care: the Japanese model
- Author:
- DIX Jackie
- Journal article citation:
- Working with Older People, 9(1), March 2005, pp.24-26.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
The author, who participated in a 'Young Core Leader of Civil Society' programme organised by the Japanese government in February 2003, explains how Japan is dealing with paying for the long-term care of its ageing population.
Long-term care for the elderly in Europe: development and prospects
- Editor:
- GREVE Bent
- Publisher:
- Routledge
- Publication year:
- 2018
- Pagination:
- 196
- Place of publication:
- Abingdon
Provides detailed case studies of 11 EU-member states’ welfare regimes within Europe to show how welfare states organise, structure and deliver long-term care. Chapters look at how different welfare states have focussed on long-term care, the changes that have taken place with regard to ageing populations and plans to curb increases in public sector spending. They describe the development in long-term care for the elderly after the financial crisis and also discuss the boundaries between state and civil society in the different welfare states' approaches to the delivery of care. The UK case study, by Caroline Glendinning, looks at recent developments in UK long-term care and the impacts of austerity. (Edited publisher abstract)
Assisting individuals ageing with learning disability: support worker perspectives
- Authors:
- WARK Stuart, HUSSAIN Rafat, EDWARDS Helen
- Journal article citation:
- Tizard Learning Disability Review, 20(4), 2015, pp.213-222.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Purpose: While ageing with an intellectual (learning) disability has been subject to increased research in recent years, there remains little knowledge regarding the daily practice issues that disability workers struggle most to support in this cohort. This paper aims to gain feedback directly from staff regarding the problems they experience in daily work, and to evaluate whether any changes to legislation or practice could potentially alleviate identified areas of concern. Design/methodology/approach: A Delphi project was conducted over three rounds with participants from rural areas of New South Wales (NSW). The panel was composed of support workers who assist people ageing with a learning disability. Participants were asked their perceptions of the main practice issues facing them while they provide support. Findings: The panel identified 29 issues that were considered problematic in the provision of support to people ageing with a learning disability. A thematic analysis indicated three main themes of access to services; time constraints; and funding. Research limitations/implications: The participants in this study were all disability workers employed by non-government organisations in rural NSW, and as such, many of the issues identified may be specific to this population cohort and geographic setting. Any generalisation of these results to other locations or populations must be considered within these limitations. Originality/value: Identification of the issues facing disability staff may facilitate government, health care providers and disability organisations to proactively plan to address current and future problem areas. The consequent effect of improving practices can assist individuals to receive better support and lead to a corresponding improvement in their quality of life. The current implementation of the National Disability Insurance Scheme in Australia is an ideal opportunity for cross-sectoral collaboration to change practice to facilitate better support for a highly vulnerable group of the community. (Publisher abstract)
Multi-disciplinarity, user engagement and the design of special programmes of ageing research in the United Kingdom
- Author:
- LANSLEY Peter
- Journal article citation:
- Ageing and Society, 33(5), 2013, pp.727-760.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
Since 1997 ageing research in the United Kingdom (UK) has been promoted through a series of research council special programmes with an emphasis on multi-disciplinary, collaborative, user-focused research. There has been notable progress and substantial setbacks, especially a major lull in activity, and strong disciplinary biases in later programmes. Skills, expertise and influence on policy and practice, developed through early programmes, have been lost. Two philosophies of programme management have emerged: a top-down approach to the development of priorities and activities, largely reflecting a linear model of research, development and diffusion; and, a bottom-up approach strongly influenced by the priorities of users including older people, which has emphasised the role of problem-solving and social interaction between researchers and users. A comparison of these two philosophies highlights factors which contribute to successful programme implementation and valuable outcomes for society at large. These emphasise: involvement of all potential users; encouragement of champions; supporting researchers at all stages in their careers; transparency in communicating intent, progress and achievements; varied and robust knowledge transfer; and, above all else, understanding the challenges faced by individuals as they grow older. Future programmes would be assured of making significant contributions to supporting older people and an ageing society if those commissioning the programmes recognised the importance of these factors and accepted the consequent challenges for the organisation of the programmes. (Publisher abstract)
Ten Dilnot flaws: time for an alternative for funding better care
- Author:
- BURKE Stephen
- Publisher:
- United for All Ages
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Pagination:
- 13p.
- Place of publication:
- Happisburg
This report suggests that the Dilnot proposals for reforming care funding in England are so flawed that the UK Government should look at alternatives to fund better care for the UK’s ageing population. It said that the Dilnot Commission proposals for reforming care funding were so flawed that the government should look at alternatives. It called for a national health and care system funded by taxation. Integrating health and care would deliver better care for older and disabled people, while saving resources by using more appropriate care in or near the home rather than expensive hospital or residential care. A new health and care system could be funded from these savings; by diverting spending from other areas; by taxing universal benefits for older people; or by a new care duty on estates of wealthier older people.
A funding settlement that works for people, not services
- Authors:
- STONE Emma, WOOD Claudia
- Journal article citation:
- Quality in Ageing and Older Adults, 11(4), December 2010, pp.14-23.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
The forthcoming Comprehensive Spending Review will set the pace of care funding for the next four years, and will ultimately form the foundation of a permanent settlement for how we contribute towards our care in later life, and the systems that deliver it. This article considers how to fund care and support for a growing, and increasingly diverse, population of older people. In it, the authors reflect on whether it is possible to create a funding settlement for long-term care that meets four criteria, namely: fairness; transparency; sustainability; and capacity to support the outcomes that people want and value. The authors ask whether we can create a funding settlement that starts from people's lives - not service-based assumptions. The authors outline the principles for a fair future settlement, and detail why an outcomes-based funding system is so important. The article also considers what a settlement principle enshrining all four principles might look like, before concluding with a discussion of the challenges that an outcomes-based model might face.
SPARC: a new model for supporting ageing research
- Author:
- LANSLEY Peter
- Journal article citation:
- Quality in Ageing and Older Adults, 11(1), March 2010, pp.7-15.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
This paper is an end-of-programme review of a four year scheme in the United Kingdom known as SPARC (Strategic Promotion of Ageing Research Capacity) which was aimed at funding newcomers to ageing research, from many different disciplines, through a series of research award grants, to publicise the outcomes of ageing research to all stakeholders and to lobby policy-makers about the value of ageing research. Following on from the work of three smaller ageing research programmes in the 1990’s, EQUAL, GO, and SAGE/ERA, all funded by different research councils, the SPARC programme comprised a set of co-ordinated activities across research councils and acted as a forum, through a series of workshops, for the major funders of ageing research. Its goal was to pump-prime newcomers to ageing research and to support and fast-track their continued career development within the field, thereby preserving and developing capacity for ageing research in the UK. It also encouraged more mature researchers in the field to publish state-of-the-art reviews, but this was not so well received. SPARC project themes included life in the home, care systems, the older worker, product, interface and urban design, transport and driving, cognition and communication, vision, activity, exercise and diet, chemical biology of ageing and ageing mechanisms and oxidative stress. In addition advocacy activities within the programme have been successful.