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Adding Life to Years: Report of the Expert Group on Healthcare of Older People
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. National Health Service
- Publisher:
- The Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 76p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
This report addesses the main issues concerning the health of older people in Scotland
Public attitudes to healthcare of older people in Scotland
- Author:
- MORI SCOTLAND
- Publisher:
- The Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
"In December 2000 the Scottish Executive published its Health Plan Our National Health: a plan for action a plan for change, in which it announced that health for older people would be one of a number of priorities for action. Part of the review involved public consultation, and to supplement this, MORI Scotland was commissioned by the Scottish Executive to conduct research amoung those members of the public aged 60 or over, into their perceptions of the NHS in Scotland."
Public attitudes to the provision of free personal care: older people's focus group research
- Authors:
- DEWAR Belinda, O'MAY Fiona, WALKER Esther
- Publisher:
- The Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
"This research, which was commissioned to inform the deliberations of the Care Development Group, explores the views of specific groups of older people regarding services and the provision of a free personal care system for older people in Scotland."
Informal care of the elderly in Scotland and the UK
- Authors:
- LEONTARIDI Rannia, BELL David
- Publisher:
- The Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
"This paper assesses some of the evidence on informal care for the elderly both in Scotland and in the rest of the UK. It uses a number of data sources, such as the Family Resources Survey, the British Household Panel Survey and the Scottish Household Survey and was undertaken to inform the thinking of the Care Development Group."
The health and well-being of older people in Scotland: insights from national data - executive summary
- Authors:
- WOOD Rachel, BAIN Marion
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive. NHS Scotland
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 5p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
This report presents information on the health and well-being of the older population of Scotland.
Demand for, and utilisation of, personal care services for the elderly
- Authors:
- STEARNS Sally, BUTTERWORTH Suzanne
- Publisher:
- The Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
"This research explores the anticipated demand for personal care by elderly disabled persons in private households in Scotland and the potential increase in demand that may arise from substitution effects due to the introduction of free personal care.
Providing personal care to older people in Scotland: the perspective of independent home care providers
- Author:
- MATHEW Dinah
- Publisher:
- The Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
The Care Development Group of the Scottish Executive commissioned the United Kingdom Home Care Association Limited to undertake a survey of organisations providing home care in the independent sector to provide information on the private purchase of personal care and to contribute to mapping of current provision of personal care in Scotland.
Expansion of long-term care in the prison system: an aging inmate population poses policy and programmatic questions
- Author:
- MARA Cynthia Massie
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Aging and Social Policy, 14(2), 2002, pp.43-61.
- Publisher:
- Routledge
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
In the United States the number of ageing inmates is increasing and will continue to grow as younger prisoners who have long sentences with no possibility of parole age in prison. In addition, the number of younger inmates with illnesses such as AIDS has increased. Although long-term care can be required by individuals of any age, the need for such assistance tends to increase with age. This article focuses on older inmates and includes reasons for the increased need for long-term care in the prison setting. The standard for prison health care, the long-term-care status of older inmates, and examples of long-term-care services and facilities are described. Recommendations are presented for both corrections and long-term-care providers and policymakers as they develop strategies to address this challenge.
Involving older people in the implementation of the National Service Framework: making progress in the North West
- Authors:
- McNALLY David, CORNES Michelle, LEAHY Pat
- Journal article citation:
- MCC Building Knowledge for Integrated Care, 10(6), December 2002, pp.37-42.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
The National Service Framework for Older People aims to radically improve health services for older people. Central to the plan is the belief that older people should be involved as 'genuine partners' in the implementation process. This article describes how regional and local implementation teams in the North West of England are working in partnership to develop a coherent and sustainable strategy for engaging with older people.
Health care rationing affecting older persons: rejected in principle by implemented in fact
- Author:
- KAPP Marshall B.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Aging and Social Policy, 14(2), 2002, pp.27-42.
- Publisher:
- Routledge
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Health care resources are finite and, therefore, need to be rationed among potential users. Over the past decade and a half in the United States, a variety of explicit, official rationing schemes have been proposed, including some in which chronological age would play a significant role. For ethical and political reasons, it is very unlikely that any age-based rationing schemes will be adopted explicitly and officially. However, various de facto forms of health care rationing are occurring at present. This article outlines the implications of payer behavior, physician practice patterns, the development of evidence-based clinical practice parameters or guidelines, and reliance on consumer choice of health plans as unofficial and generally unacknowledged mechanisms of health care rationing that may exert an important impact on the accessibility of health services for older person.