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National evaluation of partnerships for older people projects: interim report of progress
- Authors:
- WINDLE Karen, et al
- Publisher:
- Personal Social Services Research Unit
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 10p.
- Place of publication:
- Canterbury
This is an interim report of an ongoing evaluation of the National POPP -partnerships for older people - projects programme. It is a statement of progress providing very early findings, lessons learnt and key messages from the experience of the POPP pilots to date.
Lifetime homes, lifetime neighbourhoods - developing a housing strategy for our ageing population
- Author:
- ANDREWS Baroness
- Journal article citation:
- Policy and Politics, 36(4), October 2008, pp.605-610.
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
The government strategy 'Lifetime homes, lifetime neighbourhoods' was launched in February 2008. The author, from the department of Communities and Local Government, discusses the barriers faced in developing the strategy, and the use of evidence to engage stakeholders and develop policy.
The strategic direction for social services in Wales
- Author:
- THOMAS Gwenda
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Care Services Management, 2(3), April 2008, pp.210-215.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
The author, Deputy Minister for Social Services, Welsh Assembly Government, provides an overview of where the long-term residential care sector should be heading in Wales and how this will be facilitated with partner organisations in Wales. The article includes discussion of the Strategy for Older People in Wales, the Commissioner for Older People in Wales, and dignity in care settings.
Living and caring for all
- Author:
- LLOYD James
- Publisher:
- International Longevity Centre UK
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 26p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Drawing on and responding to Living and Caring? An Investigation of the Experience of Older Carers (a study exploring the effect of care provision on the lives of people aged 50 years and older), this report aims to explore key strategic public policy issues concerning unpaid care provision by older people. It discusses factors shaping the provision and patterns of unpaid care by the older population, reviews the outcomes that older carers experience, and summarises research evidence about the quality of life of older carers. It considers the future of carers policy, commenting that demand for social care will increase in line with population ageing and increasing longevity, and recommends increasing the supply and availability of formal care, and dispersing the burden of unpaid care by increasing the number of unpaid carers through approaches such as improved support for carers.
Delivering lifetime homes, lifetime neighbourhoods: a national strategy for housing in an ageing society
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department for Communities and Local Government
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department for Communities and Local Government
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 36p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Provides an update on progress of the Government strategy 'Lifetime Homes, Lifetime Neighbourhoods' and outlines the next steps on delivery. It includes outlines of the roles of the different partners in delivery.
Older people's involvement and co-production
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health. National Older People's Mental Health Programme
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health. National Older People's Mental Health Programme
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 7p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The involvement of older people is an integral part of creating a strategic shift towards prevention and early intervention, and is inextricably linked to delivering other key outcomes. Involving older people with dementia and other mental health needs is often overlooked. Given that they are such important stakeholders in services this is a situation which needs to change, particularly as their involvement is crucial to ensuring that services properly meet their needs.
Strength perspective: an analysis of ageing in place care model in Taiwan based on traditional Filial Piety
- Author:
- CHEN Yen-Jen
- Journal article citation:
- Ageing International, 32(3), September 2008, pp.183-204.
- Publisher:
- Springer
- Place of publication:
- New York
In the 1990s, the government in Taiwan proposed a series of community care related policies, in which the main care model was designed to be ‘the local taking care of the local’. In response to the social problems arising from the ageing of the population and the growing demands for welfare, Executive Yuan of Taiwan formulated the Development Program for the Care Service Industry in 2001. The government designed the elderly care policies based on the notions of community care in promoting the care industry. The community care policies would better serve the elderly and encourage families to purchase affordable services. The government aimed to encourage the non-profit sector and the commercial sector to provide care services. In Taiwan, with the notion of ‘in place’ care, the community care model has become a new trend. This study first analyzes the policies and the practices of community care in Taiwan. Secondly, it discusses how to make use of the ‘strength culture’ among Chinese people to construct a community care model based on the strength perspective of traditional filial piety. Finally, it analyzes the ‘community care centers’ that Taiwan is currently running with the aim of constructing a system of ‘ageing-in-place’ community care based upon the tenets of filial piety.
Choice or chore?: carers' experiences of direct payments
- Author:
- CARERS UK
- Publisher:
- Carers UK
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 10p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Direct payments, part of the government’s ‘Personalisation Agenda’ - a major programme to change the way social care is delivered to disabled people, older people and carers – gives cash directly to families to pay for their own care arrangements. But the cash brings new responsibilities, such as organising payroll and these often fall to the carer. More than half of those carers questioned (53%) reported their overall experience of the scheme was positive, with almost three quarters (73%) stating that the care they are able to purchase is better at meeting their family’s needs than the previous service. One carer said "Before we had direct payments I had no life. I was a dog’s body and I was invisible. Now six years down the line we have seven personal assistants and we all have a wonderful life.” However, nearly one in ten reported a negative experience of the scheme. Key for many was the lack of support available to help them manage the money, causing added stress, worry and feelings of being overwhelmed. Indeed, a worrying 21% say they have less free time since taking on a direct payment because of the time needed every week to deal with insurance, tax, NI, training and all the other aspects of employing someone. Another respondent to the survey told us "Direct payments just gave me more work. I'm doing Social Services job for them. Life is hard enough as it is without added responsibility and work." Carers UK’s research highlights how the success of direct payments is heavily reliant on local authorities and their ability to support carers. Indeed, local councils can ‘make or break’ direct payments, according to the charity. The amount of paperwork involved can be highly ‘off-putting’ for carers and more than three quarters of those surveyed (79%) have no contingency plans in place should something go wrong. In addition, in some areas there simply aren’t suitable services available for carers to purchase with direct payments.
Increasing choice and control for older and disabled people: a critical review of new developments in England
- Author:
- GLENDINNING Caroline
- Journal article citation:
- Social Policy and Administration, 42(5), October 2008, pp.451-469.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This paper critically examines new policies currently being implemented in England aimed at increasing the choice and control that disabled and older people can exercise over the social care support and services they receive. The development of these policies, and their elaboration in three policy documents published during 2005, are summarized. The paper then discusses two issues underpinning these proposals: the role of quasi-markets within publicly funded social care services; and the political and policy discourses of consumerism and choice within the welfare state. Despite powerful critiques of welfare consumerism, the paper argues that there are nevertheless very important reasons for taking choice seriously when considering how best to organize and deliver support and other services for disabled and older people. A policy discourse on consumerism, however, combined with the use of market mechanisms for implementing this, may be highly problematic as the means of creating opportunities for increased choice and, on its own, risks introducing new forms of disadvantage and social exclusion.
Welfare reform and older immigrants: Food Stamp Program participation and food insecurity
- Authors:
- NAM Yunju, JUNG Jin Hyo
- Journal article citation:
- Gerontologist, 48(1), February 2008, pp.42-50.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
The welfare reform bill of 1996 severely constrained noncitizens' eligibility for the Food Stamp Program (FSP) in the United States. This study examined the effects of eligibility restrictions on older immigrants' FSP participation and food insecurity. The sample consisted of 3,175 low-income older adults from the 1999 Current Population Survey. Probit and tobit regressions were used. Three analytical models were compared: two models using the differences-in-differences approach with two different measures of immigration status (individual and household status), and one using a summary variable of the percentage of FSP-eligible people in a household. Both household immigration status and older adults' individual immigration status were significantly associated with the probability of FSP participation. Living in a household with a higher percentage of eligible members significantly increased older people's FSP participation and benefit levels while significantly reducing their risk of food insecurity. Noncitizen eligibility restriction affects older immigrants' FSP participation and food insecurity by its relation to household composition. Experts should therefore consider household composition when developing social policies for older immigrants.