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Health and social gain for older people: guide to inform local strategies for health
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Welsh Office. NHS Directorate. Welsh Health Planning Forum
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Welsh Office. NHS Directorate. Welsh Health Planning Forum
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 117p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Cardiff
Paper setting out local strategies for health gain for older people in Wales.
Better Health in Old Age: report from Professor Ian Philp, National Director for Older People's Health to Secretary of State for Health
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 34p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This report highlights progress since 2001 under the National Service Framework for Older People and sets out a vision for the future. The National Service Framework (NSF) for Older People promotes independence and well-being for older people and support for them to live at home or in community settings as far as possible. The emphasis in the NSF has been right across the whole health and social care system rather than being narrowly focused on just one or two conditions. This is an ambitious agenda but a crucial one.
Assessing older people with dementia living in the community: practice issues for social and health services
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health. Social Services Inspectorate
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health. Social Services Inspectorate
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 1p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Letter accompanying the action checklist for the document 'Assessing older people with dementia living in the community.'
Assessing older people with dementia living in the community: practice issues for social and health services: report of the SSI workshop and visits May-June 1995
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health. Social Services Inspectorate
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health. Social Services Inspectorate
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 36p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Report of an exploratory project undertaken by the SSI to consider the assessment of older people with dementia who need support to live in the community. The study focused in particular on health needs and multidisciplinary work. Includes an action checklist.
Government response to ACMD report 'Ageing cohort of drug users'
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health and Social Care
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health and Social Care
- Publication year:
- 2019
- Place of publication:
- London
A policy document which sets out the government's response to the four recommendations made in the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) report Ageing cohort of drug users. Officials from each of the four nations reviewed the council's advice and this document provides a coordinated response from the English, Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish administrations. The recommendations of the ACMD report include the need for training for specialist community-based drug treatment services on treatments and specific risks for older drug users and a pilot programme to assess whether the navigator model would help older drug users to engage with services. (Edited publisher abstract)
Independence and well-being of older people: baseline report: a social portrait of ageing in the UK
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department for Work and Pensions
- Publisher:
- Corporate Document Services; Great Britain. Department for Work and Pensions
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 70p.
- Place of publication:
- Leeds
The implications of an ageing society are wide reaching. As well as ensuring financial security, it is equally important to promote wider well-being and independence for older people, both before and after retirement. Older people continue to contribute to the economy, society and their local communities and to enjoy active lives. Income is not the only factor – and often not the main factor – in ensuring a happy and fulfilling later life. Housing, health, care, transport and social contacts all play a crucial part in enabling older people to live life to the full. A set of indicators of older people’s independence and well-being that have been selected and cover five domains a) Independence in supportive communitiesp; b) Healthy active living; c) Fairness in work and later life; d) Material well-being; and e) Support and care.
Supporting people with long term conditions: liberating the talents of nurses who care for people with long term conditions
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 32p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Summarises what government policy for long term conditions means specifically for nursing, and how individual professionals can improve care for people with long term conditions. All nurses are playing their part across the spectrum of long term illness wherever they work. People with long term conditions need care from a team with a range of skills and knowledge. Nurses are one part of that team and some of the roles described here can be delivered by others, in particular allied health professionals. This publication focuses on patients with the most complex needs and the role of community matrons. Better disease management and supporting self-care are equally important aspects of improving care for people with long term conditions and nurses play a key role here as well. However, practitioners and the NHS have asked for more information on case management and community matrons. This is also where nurses have the opportunity to take on a new role that builds on and develops their existing skills.
How can we help older people not fall again?: implementing the Older People's NSF Falls Standard; support for commissioning good services
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 72p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The negative impact of falls and related injuries on older people and health and social care systems is clear. The NSF for Older People Standard 6 aims to prevent falls and reduce their impacts. This document provides guidance, primarily for commissioners, on how to implement that standard and achieve benefits for older people and health and social care systems. ree key elements of good practice in commissioning services to address falls and their impacts were identified: cost benefit analyses that make the case for investment; strategic commissioning is in itself a valuable tool in developing and sustaining effective services; interventions are most beneficial when targeted on those at risk, based on agreed assessment processes, and integrated in a falls strategy developed with the full range of local services.
People aged 65 and over: results of a study carried out on behalf of the Department of Health as part of the 2001 general household survey
- Authors:
- TRAYNOR Joe, WALKER Alison, GREAT BRITAIN. Office for National Statistics
- Publisher:
- Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 104p., tables.
- Place of publication:
- London
In 2001, 37 per cent of people aged 65 and over lived alone, according to detailed results from the 2001 General Household Survey (GHS) about people aged 65 and over . Five per cent of elderly people lived in sheltered accommodation with a resident warden and three per cent without a resident warden (elderly people in communal establishments were excluded from the survey). In all, 60 per cent of elderly people said they had a longstanding illness; 41per cent said this limited their activities in some way, while 19 per cent said it did not. Among people aged 65 and over, 14 per cent were unable to walk down the road on their own and 10 per cent were unable to manage stairs and steps. One in twenty elderly people said they were unable to cook a main meal by themselves. Among elderly people who received help with mobility, 58 per cent received help from a spouse or partner, 20 per cent from other household members, eight per cent from a relative who was not living in the household and four per cent from NHS or personal social services. Over half of elderly respondents (52 per cent) reported seeing a doctor or GP at their surgery in the last three months.
NHS continuing care: sixth report of session 2004-05: volume 2: oral and written evidence
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Parliament. House of Commons. Health Committee
- Publisher:
- Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 148p.
- Place of publication:
- London
NHS continuing care means fully funded care for people who do not require care in an NHS acute hospital, but who nevertheless require a high degree of ongoing health care. Anybody can qualify for NHS continuing care funding if their needs satisfy eligibility criteria, although the largest group of people who receive continuing care funding are elderly people. Continuing care funding is intended to cover the entire costs of care, including all medical care, nursing care, personal care, living costs and accommodation costs, the same as if their care was being provided in an NHS hospital. Eligibility for continuing care funding is currently established with reference to criteria introduced by the Department of Health in 1995. The criteria relate to the complexity, intensity or unpredictability of a patient's healthcare needs, requiring the regular supervision of a consultant, specialist nurse or other member of the NHS multidisciplinary team. From 1995 onwards, individual Health Authorities were each required to develop local policies and eligibility criteria for continuing care funding within this general framework.