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What is life like for an older person today?
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Office of National Statistics
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Office for National Statistics
- Publication year:
- 2014
- Place of publication:
- Newport
This infographic pulls together statistics on life, work, health, care and population to build a picture of life for an older person in the UK. (Edited publisher abstract)
Quality assurance indicators of long-term care in European countries
- Authors:
- DANDI Roberto, CASANOVA Georgia
- Publisher:
- European Network of Economic Policy Research Institutes
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Pagination:
- 128p.
- Place of publication:
- Brussels
This report present the findings and conclusions of research undertaken in the context of research projects carried out by a consortium of ENEPRI member institutes. This report is a contribution to Work Package 5 of the ANCIEN project, which focuses on the future of long-term care for the elderly in Europe. The report presents the quality indicators that were collected by the ANCIEN project partners in each country. The main contribution of this report is a classification of the quality assurance indicators in different European countries according to three dimensions: organisation type; quality dimensions; and system dimensions. The countries that provided quality indicators, which are used at a national level or are recommended to be used at a local level by a national authority, are: Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom. In total, 390 quality indicators were collected. Each quality indicator has been assigned to one or more options in each dimension.
Long-term care quality assurance policies in European countries
- Authors:
- DANDI Roberto, et al
- Publisher:
- European Network of Economic Policy Research Institutes
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Pagination:
- 89p.
- Place of publication:
- Brussels
This report present the findings and conclusions of research undertaken in the context of research projects carried out by a consortium of ENEPRI member institutes. This report is a contribution to Work Package 5 of the ANCIEN project, which focuses on the future of long-term care for the elderly in Europe. This report analyses the quality assurance policies for long-term care (LTC) in the following countries: Austria, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom. First, it discusses quality assurance in LTC by analysing: the dimensions of quality, the policy frameworks for quality in LTC, the different levels of development of LTC quality policies at the international, national, organisational, and individual levels. Second, it describes the methodology for collecting and analysing data on quality policies in the selected countries. Finally, it discusses the results, identifying four clusters of countries based on quality policies and indicators for LTC. These clusters are compared to the clusters identified in Work Package 1 of the ANCIEN project. Policy recommendations are proposed.
Caring for older patients with complex needs: how does England compare with 11 OECD countries?
- Authors:
- KNIGHT Hannah, et al
- Publisher:
- Health Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2021
- Pagination:
- 19
- Place of publication:
- London
This long read sets out to examine the results for England of the first piece of research by the International Collaborative on Costs, Outcomes and Needs in Care (ICCONIC), which aims to advance international comparisons research by using patient-level data. The research focused on patients aged 65 and older admitted to hospital for hip fracture surgery and patients aged 65–90 hospitalised with heart failure and with a comorbidity of diabetes. Based on pre-pandemic data, the analysis is further evidence that the NHS in England remains a relatively low-cost health care system. The findings support previously stated concerns that the mortality rate in England among older patients with high needs is higher than average among comparable countries. England is performing relatively well in acute care according to the measures available (time to surgery and readmission rates), which suggests further scrutiny and investment may be needed to improve the availability and quality of post-acute care. The results also highlight potential opportunities to improve productivity – and free up additional capacity for tackling the backlog from the pandemic – by reducing length of stay in acute care for hip fractures. Hip fracture patients in England spend on average 21.7 days in hospital after their surgery, the highest of all 11 countries. It was not possible to adjust statistically for differences in comorbidities between countries, but we compared the number of comorbidities. England was towards the middle, so while case-mix adjustment may have reduced some of the differences we saw, it is unlikely to have eliminated them. With integrated care systems (ICSs) to be established as statutory bodies from April 2022, there is a clear opportunity to make a step change in terms of linking up patient data and using the insights generated to reduce delays in discharge and improve quality of care and patient experience. (Edited publisher abstract)
What do we know now that we didn't know a year ago? New intelligence on end of life care in England
- Author:
- NATIONAL END OF LIFE CARE INTELLIGENCE NETWORK
- Publisher:
- National End of Life Care Intelligence Network
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Pagination:
- 28p.
- Place of publication:
- Bristol
The report highlights the key findings from research and analysis on end of life care carried out by the National End of Life Care Intelligence Network over the last year. The National End of Life Care Strategy launched in 2008 made clear the need to know more about the care people receive in their last year or months of life. This is the principal aim of the Network and the focus of this summary report. Topics covered include: preferences of place of care and place of death; inpatient hospital care in the last year of life; social care in the last year of life; different disease groups; costs of care; workforce, competencies and training, and quality of care. The report highlights areas where improvements have been made as well as where further action is needed to improve care for people who are dying.
The NHS atlas of variation in healthcare: reducing unwarranted variation to increase value and improve quality
- Author:
- NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE. Right Care
- Publisher:
- Public Health England
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Pagination:
- 277
- Place of publication:
- London
This publication uses maps to show the variation in health care for a variety of conditions across England and Wales. The maps are accompanied by commentary on the background context, scale of variation and options for action. Conditions covered include: care of mothers, babies, and children and young people; mental health problems; dementia; care of older people; end of life care; and learning disabilities. Twenty one of the indicators are also presented by local authority area. The Atlas also highlights the work being done by Right to Care to support anyone wanting to reduce unwarranted variation of health care provision within their locality or between their locality and other areas of the country. (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)
Europe's ageing demography: an ILC-UK 2014 EU factpack
- Author:
- CREIGHTON Helen
- Publisher:
- International Longevity Centre UK
- Publication year:
- 2014
- Pagination:
- 20
- Place of publication:
- London
A snapshot of what it means to be old in Europe today and the demographic changes Europe will experience over the next half century. This factpack sets out the evidence on a number of areas including health and life expectancy, with men born in Western Europe today expected to live for 67.5 years in good health. It also includes a focus feature on pensioner poverty with evidence showing that over 70 per cent of Bulgarian pensioners living in material deprivation. And it looks at the employment and retirement prospects of older workers, where it finds that on average, only 1 in 2 55-64 year olds are employed across the region. The factpack also investigates the costs of ageing, comparing spending on pensions, health and long term care across Europe. Here it finds that while Denmark spends over €5,000 euros per person on social protection in old age, Latvia, Romania and Croatia spend only one tenth of this. (Edited publisher abstract)
Focus on the health and care of older people
- Author:
- HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE INFORMATION CENTRE
- Publisher:
- Health and Social Care Information Centre
- Publication year:
- 2014
- Pagination:
- 56
- Place of publication:
- London
This publication provides a compilation of information on older people living in England and provides a broad picture of their health, care and wellbeing. The report uses data from a variety of sources to examine whether older people live longer, healthier lives, the type of disabilities and illnesses they experience, the services and resources they use and the common causes of death in older people. The data show that the population aged over 65 is increasing. Based on data from 2010 to 2012, remaining life expectancy at 65 is 18 years for men and 21 years for women. In 2011 there were 274,000 newly diagnosed cancers, 63 per cent of which were diagnosed in people aged 65 or over. People aged 65 or over make up one in six (17 per cent) of the population and this group uses more than one sixth of some health and social care resources: 67 per cent social care clients are 65 or over and one in two inpatient bed days are for patients aged 65 or over. (Edited publisher abstract)
What we know now 2013: new information collated by the National End of Life Care Intelligence Network
- Author:
- NATIONAL END OF LIFE CARE INTELLIGENCE NETWORK
- Publisher:
- Public Health England
- Publication year:
- 2013
- Pagination:
- 44
- Place of publication:
- London
Public Health England's National End of Life Care Intelligence Network (NEoLCIN) works with partner organisations to collect, analyse and present end of life care intelligence from a wide variety of sources. This report builds on ‘What do we know now that we didn’t know a year ago?’ (NEoLCIN, 2012), and summarises the key findings of the network and its partners over the last year. Topics covered include: preferences of place of care and place of death; inpatient hospital care in the last year of life; social care in the last year of life; different disease groups; costs of care; quality of care; and end of life care education and training. The report also looks at the influence of factors such as marital status and ethnicity on place of death, patient experience, the roles of specialist palliative care, primary care and community services. Changing trends, for example in public attitudes, are also considered. Among key findings are that the proportion of people dying at home or in care homes increased from 38 per cent in 2008 to 44 per cent in 2012, reflecting the desires of many people to stay at home to die. There are large variations in the proportion of deaths in hospital by local authority area, though the reasons for this are complex. (Edited publisher abstract)