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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.
A delicate balance? Health and social care spending in Wales
- Authors:
- LUCHINSKAYA Daria, OGLE Joseph, TRICKEY Michael
- Publisher:
- Wales Public Services 2025
- Publication year:
- 2017
- Pagination:
- 24
- Place of publication:
- Cardiff
This briefing note looks at trends in public spending on health and local authority funded adult social care in Wales since 2009-10, with some comparisons with the other UK nations. It reports that the total health and social service spend per head in Wales was higher than that of England in 2015-16. Over the period 2009-10 to 2015-16, day-to-day spending on local authority-organised adult social services in Wales remained broadly flat in real terms, but the increasing over-65 population means that spending per older person has fallen by over 12% in real terms. The briefing concludes that spending may need to increase by at least £129 million (23%) between 2015-16 and 2020-21 to get back to the equivalent spend per-head in 2009-10, which amounts to a 2.5% year-on-year increase. (Edited publisher abstract)
Private funding mechanisms for long-term care
- Author:
- JOHNSTONE Sandy
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 18p.
- Place of publication:
- York
The problems facing future generations over the cost of long-term care will undoubtedly increase, and there is currently a lack of structure and education on how people could be making plans for such care. This report includes a detailed examination of the various plans which have been available to the public since the start of the 1990. It analyses the barriers to success which the financial services industry encountered, and potential routes for the future. The author also reviews the prospect of a compulsory national scheme. The report concludes with key recommendations on how a coherent, robust funding system for the future might evolve.
Health emergency
- Author:
- WHITE Caroline
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 28.1.99, 1999, pp.18-19.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Looks at how social services are spending the government's winter pressures money to help ease the hospitals crisis.
Japan's financing system for health care of the elderly
- Author:
- OKAMOTO AtoZ
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Aging and Social Policy, 8(2/3), 1996, pp.25-35.
- Publisher:
- Routledge
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Japan's national health insurance system is expected to face a great challenge by ever-growing costs for elderly health care in the near future. This article examines the major issues relating to Japan's public financing for elderly health care and recent policy developments in an attempt to cope with the problem.
Briefing: Health and care of older people in England 2019
- Author:
- AGE UK
- Publisher:
- Age UK
- Publication year:
- 2019
- Pagination:
- 70
- Place of publication:
- London
Drawing on official statistics and analysis from Age UK, this report provides an overview of how services are functioning for older people across the NHS and social care. It highlights the ageing population and increasing levels of complex health and care needs. It also looks at the funding pressures on social care crisis, the implications of funding cuts for the provision of services and on older people and their families. The report finds that a growing and ageing population means demand for care services is increasing, whilst social care spending per head of the adult population has fell in real terms between 2010/11 and 2017/18, the cost of providing care is rising. (Edited publisher abstract)
Support for older people: health, social care and the third sector. Think piece
- Author:
- UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH WALES. Welsh Institute for Health and Social Care
- Publisher:
- University of South Wales. Welsh Institute for Health and Social Care
- Publication year:
- 2017
- Pagination:
- 38
- Place of publication:
- Pontypridd
This compilation of nine essays reflects on the role of the third sector in supporting older people’s health and care needs, and looks at how relationships within the sector and with other agencies need to develop in order to meet the rising challenge of ageing. The essays are by leaders within the sector and present deliberately different perspectives covering the three key areas of: existing practice and influence; commissioning, relationships and funding; and the future. Contributions cover the importance of ensuring services are co-produced and person-centred, the need to develop sustainable strategic relationships across the third and public sector and making the best use of expertise and resources. The paper forms the first stage of project from Welsh Institute for Health and Social Care (WIHSC), Wales Council for Voluntary Action (WCVA) and Age Alliance Wales to encourage ideas on how to improve and develop services through stronger relationships and systems. (Edited publisher abstract)
Briefing: health and care of older people in England 2017
- Author:
- AGE UK
- Publisher:
- Age UK
- Publication year:
- 2017
- Pagination:
- 68
- Place of publication:
- London
Drawing on an analysis of recent statistical data, this report looks at how the system of health and care is currently working for older people in England. It highlights the ageing population and an increasing number of older people with complex health and care needs. It also looks at the growing pressures on social care funding, and the funding of older people’s social care specifically and the impact of funding cuts on older people and their families. It reports on trends in public funding of health care services, including, primary care, community care and secondary care and looks at projections for the future. The report finds that there are now nearly 1.2 million people aged 65+ who don’t receive the care and support they need with essential daily living activities, representing 1 in 8 older people in the entire population. It also shows that lack of social care is also putting more pressure on hospital care, with people waiting longer to discharged from hospital; placing extra pressure on older carers, with many carers also having a health condition or disability. The report concludes that more investment in health and care services is needed to meet the needs of a growing ageing population. It also calls for the Government to lead a discussion about how to fund sustainable, joined up health and care services our growing older population needs. (Edited publisher abstract)
Health policy priorities for a new Parliament
- Authors:
- APPLEBY John, et al
- Publishers:
- King's Fund, All-Party Parliamentary Health Group
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Pagination:
- 38
- Place of publication:
- London
This collection of essays, published jointly by the All-Party Parliamentary Health Group (APHG) and The King’s Fund, maps out health and social care priorities for the next parliament, as seen from the perspective of key stakeholders in the world of health. The essays examine a range of topics, including: funding the NHS and social care; delivering integrated care; innovation; staffing levels; public health and primary care; mental health; and transforming services for older people. (Edited publisher abstract)
The 2015 ageing report: economic and budgetary projections for the 28 EU Member States (2013-2060)
- Author:
- EUROPEAN COMMISSION. Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs
- Publisher:
- European Commission
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Pagination:
- 397
- Place of publication:
- Brussels
This report sheds light on the economic, budgetary and societal challenges that policy makers in Europe will have to face in the future as a result of the ageing population. Demographic trends mean that the proportion of workers supporting those in retirement will halve from an average of four today, to just two, by 2060.The report’s long-term projections provide an indication of the timing and scale of challenges that can be expected so as to inform European policy makers about the scale and timing of the challenges they must face. The report is structured in two parts. The first one describes the underlying assumptions: the population projection, the labour force projection and the macroeconomic assumptions used. The second part presents the long-term budgetary projections on pensions, health care, long-term care, education and unemployment benefits. Statistical annexes give an overview of the projection results by area and by country. (Edited publisher abstract)