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The forgotten age: understanding poverty and social exclusion in later life
- Authors:
- MCKEE Sara, (chair)
- Publisher:
- Centre for Social Justice
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 251p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
In this interim report the Centre for Social Justice Older Age Working Group presents an analysis of the nature and scale of the challenge the government faces in tackling poverty and social exclusion among older people in the UK. The review included analysis of statistics, gathered evidence from a range of stakeholders, and commissioned internet-based public polling. It identified several key indicators concerning the poorest older people in society which are used as core report themes. These are: money (including pensioner poverty, impact of the recession, the state pension and state benefits, and fuel poverty), community and lifestyle (including community and neighbourhoods, crime, transport, health, volunteering and digital exclusion), housing (including housing standards, design, adaptation and improvement, sheltered and retirement housing, and old age homelessness), and care (including social care, unpaid care, state provision of care, care at home, and care homes). The Working Group's second and final report, to be published in 2011, will set out a range of policy recommendations based on this analysis.
Building an evidence base for successful telecare implementation: updated report of the Evidence Working Group of the Telecare Policy Collaborative
- Authors:
- BARLOW James, (chair)
- Publisher:
- Care Services Improvement Partnership. Health and Social Care Change Agent Team
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 28p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The research literature on telecare is very wide and there are hundreds of papers in medical, engineering and informatics journals. Numerous trials of specific telecare technologies and services are being reported from across the world. Some focus on particular applications of telecare technology, for example aimed at people with hypertension or diabetes. Others report on more generalised applications for older people such as home safety and security. There is also a growing use of information and communication technology to provide advice, guidance and support for people with particular care needs by creating interactive web-based communities or through services like NHS Direct Online. Together, this represents an evidence base for both the impact of telecare and the factors which influence successful project implementation. How can this evidence base help to support decisions about when and where to invest resources in telecare services? And how do we ensure that future telecare trials and new mainstream services improve the current evidence base? These questions partly relate to the quality and type of evidence for innovative services and practices that are acceptable to different stakeholders in care provision, from the individual recipients of these services and practices and their families to health and social care professionals. They also relate to the procedures for designing and conducting research on new telecare services.
Age of opportunity: transforming the lives of older people in poverty
- Authors:
- MCKEE Sarah, (chair)
- Publisher:
- Centre for Social Justice
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Pagination:
- 158p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
This report is the second and final part of the Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) Older Age Review, drawing upon the publication of the first part, The Forgotten Age, in November 2010. The Forgotten Age outlined how loneliness, isolation and social breakdown have fuelled poverty in later life for millions of Britain’s pensioners. Building on these findings, this report identifies solutions and offers recommendations aimed at addressing the plight of Britain's pensioners. The report is divided into 4 themes. Chapter 2 focuses on tackling social isolation, before looking at what government and society can do to regenerate communities and make them places, both physically and socially, which are accessible to and inclusive of the poorest older people. Chapter 3 then moves on to managing money and planning for the future, including the issues of state pension income and benefits, Winter Fuel Payment, and planning and advice. Chapter 4 considers the need improve existing housing and build new housing which are suitable for people as they age. Chapter 5 discusses the reform of social care, looking both at how to maintain the independence of older people, and also improving the quality of care homes. The report concludes with a list of 50 recommendations.