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Rights for real: older people, human rights and the CEHR
- Author:
- BUTLER Frances
- Publisher:
- Age Concern
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 72p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Examines the importance of human rights law for older people, especially those who depend on public services. Shows that it is equally important to recognise any potential role of human rights as a framework of values underpinning the planning and delivery of public services. Argues that all public authorities have a role in making human rights a reality for older people.
In the right place: accessibility, local services and older people
- Author:
- BURNETT Alan
- Publisher:
- Help the Aged
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 75p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Without accessible services and transport, older people can easily suffer social exclusion and lose their independence. This guide for planners of services and transport, looks at the needs of older people and at the problems they encounter in getting around, stressing that effective strategies can be developed only if older people are directly consulted
Older and out
- Author:
- SNELL Janet
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 4.10.07, 2007, pp.28-29.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Older people with learning disabilities are having their hard won independence taken from them as they reach 65. This article look at the importance of providing services to older people with learning disabilities. It also includes a short case study.
Feet for purpose: the campaign to improve foot care for older people
- Author:
- AGE CONCERN
- Publisher:
- Age Concern
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 30p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Good foot care is crucial in helping older people to stay active and independent. But many older people struggle to care for their feet due to sight impairment or arthritis, or they simply can’t reach their feet to cut their toenails. Nearly 1 in 3 older people are unable to cut their own toenails. More than half of new episodes of foot care are for people aged 65 and over. In the past eight years there was a 20% drop in the number of treatments in NHS chiropody of new patients. Despite rising demand for foot care services, more and more Primary Care Trusts are rationing these services.
LinkAge Plus: capacity building: enabling and empowering older people as independent and active citizens
- Authors:
- WILLIS Martin, DALZIEL Robert
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department for Work and Pensions
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 74p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
This reports on research that set out to examine the extent to which LinkAge Plus (LAP) has been a tool for capacity building. A wide range of initiatives were created across the eight LAP pilot sites. The report analyses how they can contribute to an overall framework for effective capacity building. Contents include: capacity building: theory, research and policy; better use of existing services which increases number and range of older people benefiting from improved outcomes; development of new services creating different outcomes for older people.
Promoting independence and well being: learning the lessons from the pilots: report of November 2006 symposium
- Author:
- CARE SERVICES IMPROPVEMENT PARTNERSHIP. Health and Social Care Change Agent Team
- Publisher:
- Care Services Improvement Partnership. Health and Social Care Change Agent Team
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 34p.
- Place of publication:
- London
A symposium event was held on the 20th and 21st November in Leeds to extract the learning from some of the leading innovation programmes testing approaches to prevention, early intervention and the promotion of independence and well being. This report is a summary of the output from that event. It aims to provide information on the lessons learnt to date to non pilot sites. This approach to promoting independence has a number of features and can be understood as part of a broad spectrum of interventions. It starts off on the basis of citizenship rights, i.e. ensuring that ageism is tackled and that older people have equal access to goods and services. There then needs to be a focus on promoting healthy lifestyles (with emotional health being seen as important as the physical dimension). Health promotion is a common intervention here. Then there is the whole issue of information and help to ‘navigate’ around ‘the system’. After that there are the ‘simple services’ (often defined as preventative services) which provide a range of low cost practical help.
What price care in old age?: three years on from SPAIN’s underfunding of social care paper, what has changed?
- Author:
- AGE CONCERN
- Publisher:
- Age Concern
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Place of publication:
- London
The report exposes the budget rationing and age discrimination that continues to starve older people of the care they need. Though older people make up 62% of social services’ clients, they only see 47% of the budget because funds are ‘creamed off’ to pay for other adults’ services. And local authorities are still paying lower rates for older people’s residential care than for other groups – in 2004 local authorities were only prepared to pay an average of £377 for older people, while younger adults were offered £447 to £734. Funding shortages mean that crucial services for older people are being cut or diminished. Cleaning and housework services, respite, transport and mobility aids can make or break an older person’s independence, but these are being severed across the country. The number of households receiving home care has gone down by a quarter since 1997. Home care services and mobility equipment are crucial for helping to prevent older people from needing expensive hospital stays or moving into a care home. For the want of a grab rail costing around £25 or a ramp costing £150 ramp, an older person may suffer falls that require a stay on an acute ward costing approximately £1,285.
Pathways to service for older persons
- Authors:
- COLE Susan A., MILLER Baila
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 32(4), 2000, pp.61-83.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
This American study examines the use of home-delivered meals as a case study to gain insight into the process of service use from the recipients' point of view. It explores the research question: what are the pathways by which older persons acquire home delivered meals? Narrative analyses of structured and unstructured questions asked to thirty frail older persons suggested that the process of acquiring home delivered meals was accompanied by patterns of adjustment in shifting between independence and dependence in managing loss of physical function, and themes of isolation, loss and abandonment. The results provide insights for social workers in providing the support needed for the role transition that service acceptance symbolizes for older adults.
Primary research with practitioners and people with lived experience: to understand the role of home adaptations in improving later life
- Authors:
- BAILEY Catherine, et al
- Publisher:
- Centre for Ageing Better
- Publication year:
- 2018
- Pagination:
- 152
- Place of publication:
- London
The findings of a qualitative research project, led by researchers from Northumbria University, to explore the experiences of older people who use home adaptations and the impact on their quality of life. For the study, six older people were given wearable cameras to see how they interacted with their home environment and 24 participants were interviewed. Focus groups were also conducted with 39 providers and practitioners involved in the home adaptation process The report presents findings on the triggers that drive an individual to make changes to their home - including changes to health our housing need; accessing adaptations - identifying support services and funding; having adaptations installed; and the outcomes that result from the adaptation, such as improved physical and mental health and experience of the process. It also includes two detailed participant case studies, which include camera data and images. The results found that the decision to adapt the home was often made when the person was already struggling, with people delay making changes because of the clinical appearance of adaptations and their association with a loss of independence. People were also largely unaware of how to access home adaptations. Professionals also struggled to navigate the complex system easily. Once adaptations had been completed, the majority of participants experienced positive outcomes, including fewer falls and reclaiming their home and garden. The recommendations include the need for more positive messaging about home adaptations, including information on the benefits of adapting the home; for adaptation services to work with signposting agencies and health services to simplify the home adaptation processes; and for Central Government needs to provide better guidance on home adaptation outcome measures. (Edited publisher abstract)
Homes that help: a personal and professional perspective on home adaptations
- Author:
- DOCKING Rachael
- Publisher:
- Centre for Ageing Better
- Publication year:
- 2018
- Pagination:
- 23
- Place of publication:
- London
Summarises the findings of qualitative research led by a team from Northumbria University to explore the experiences of older people who use home adaptations, and practitioners who work alongside them. The research used wearable cameras and interviews to capture the views of older people and document how they interact with their homes. It also held focus groups with providers and practitioners involved in the home adaptation process. This report presents summary findings using a common home adaptations participant journey: the triggers that drive an individual to make changes to their home - including changes to health our housing need; accessing adaptations - identifying support services and funding; having adaptations installed; and the outcomes that result from the adaptation, such as improved physical and mental health and experience of the process. The results found that people delay making vital changes to their homes because of the clinical appearance of adaptations and their association with a loss of independence. People are also largely unaware of how to access home adaptations and even professionals struggle to navigate the process easily. Once adaptations had been completed the resource found the majority of participants experienced positive outcomes, including fewer falls and reclaiming their home and garden. (Edited publisher abstract)