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Carers in the night
- Author:
- MILLER Alison
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 10.02.05, 2005, p.37.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Reports on the Primary Night Care Service, an overnight carers service provided by Blackpool Council for older people that is helping them live independently. It aims to provide night time pop-in visits of around half an hour for both planned and emergency cover. The service was winner of Community Care's older people award.
Tameside POPP: local evaluation report
- Author:
- OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY. Institute of Public Care
- Publisher:
- Oxford Brookes University. Institute of Public Care
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 52p.
- Place of publication:
- Oxford
The Partnerships for Older People Projects (POPP) programme, established in 2006, aimed to deliver and evaluate local authority led pilots and initiatives. These were aimed at creating a sustainable shift in resources and culture away from institutional and hospital-based crisis care for older people towards interventions within their own homes and communities. This report describes Tameside’s POPP pilot, Opening Doors for Older People, which aimed to reduce or delay admissions to institutional care or intensive care at home, and support more older people living in their own homes. The report describes the evolution of the POPP, engagement of older people, partnership working, impact on service users, commissioning and market development, personalisation and the economic evaluation. Overall, the local evaluation found qualitative evidence of the positive impact of the POPP pilot on the quality of life and well-being of older people in Tameside. The available quantitative data indicate that it has coincided with a shift away from higher intensity, more costly services, and it has been able to achieve the objective of increasing volunteering by older people.
Promoting independence: the long marathon to achieving choice and control for older people
- Authors:
- ROBERTSON Guy, GILLIARD Jane, WILLIAMS Craig
- Publisher:
- Care Services Improvement Partnership
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 27p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The drive towards prevention and early intervention is one of the major themes of the recent White Paper "Our health, our care, our say". This conference presents some of the latest thinking about how to make a reality of this. Drawing on the experience of the 50 or so pilot sites working on this agenda, combined with the views of some of the leading figures in the public sector, this conference is aimed at giving practical support on implementing the preventative agenda.
The report of the Older People's Inquiry into 'that bit of help'
- Editors:
- RAYNES Norma, CLARK Heather, BEECHAM Jennifer, (eds.)
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 125p.
- Place of publication:
- York
This report of the Older People’s Inquiry into ‘That Bit of Help’ documents the experiences of older people and professionals working together to identify gaps in service provision for older people living in their own homes. The report focuses on how to involve older people alongside the professionals, as equals, in identifying what services they want and value. It notes that older people are able to take account of costs of service provision in an environment where resources are limited, and with this information they are able to prioritise the service provision which they require. A sound model is provided to ensure the central involvement of older people in prioritising valued services; the methods used would be easily transferred to local level. The chosen ‘baker’s dozen’ of small ways in which life can be made better for older people gives ideas of what services might be developed. This report includes an overview of the Inquiry’s findings, the methodology used to select examples of good practice, and the methodology used for costing the examples chosen by Inquiry members, along with their unit costs.
Older people: independence and well-being: the challenge for public services
- Author:
- AUDIT COMMISSION
- Publisher:
- Audit Commission
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 34p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
This report summarises a series of five reports that explore the nature of change required from public services in relation to the independence and wellbeing of older people. This covers both the majority who have no need of care services (but who have a wide range of other concerns), and the minority of frail older people who may need support and care.
Looking to the changes
- Author:
- GEORGE Mike
- Journal article citation:
- Care and Health Magazine, 57, 2004, pp.19-20.
- Publisher:
- Care and Health
Looks at the findings of a new report by the Audit Commission and the Better Government for Older People Programme (BGOP). The report calls for radical overhaul in the way health and social care services view older people so that their voices can be heard.
Direct support: direct payments and older people
- Author:
- LEECE Janet
- Journal article citation:
- Generations Review, 11(3), September 2001, pp.23-25.
- Publisher:
- British Society of Gerontology
Draws together recent research to consider issues around direct payments that are important to older people. Looks briefly at the background to direct payments, how they work, and whether existing schemes are being made available to older people and if these are appropriate to their needs.
Promoting independence: preventative strategies and support for adults
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 15p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Circular giving guidance to local authorities on developing an agreed preventative strategy in line with the principles of promoting independence set out in the white paper 'Modernising social services'; and drawing the attention of local authorities to the guidance booklet on preventative strategies for older people 'Promoting independence: preventative strategies and support for older people'.
Reaching out
- Author:
- HUNTER Mark
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 23.7.98, 1998, pp.20-21.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Looks at two projects intended to make sure elderly people receive the services they are entitled to without sacrificing their privacy or independence.
Desire for independence
- Author:
- COHEN Phil
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 12.1.95, 1995, p.30.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Older people with HIV have specialist needs which are not always met by existing statutory and voluntary agencies. Finds out how their needs for more independent living may be met.