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Messages from the front line: joint health and social care rehabilitation
- Author:
- TRAPPES-LOMAX Tessa
- Journal article citation:
- Managing Community Care, 7(4), August 1999, pp.33-37.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
This article reports key messages for policy makers, drawn from a workshop held for local health and social care staff with responsibilities for running or setting up short-term residential rehabilitation for elderly and disabled people. The aim was to learn from each other's experience and to provide a nuts-and-bolts framework for the development of local joint investment plans.
Operating a pooled budget and lead commissioning using Health Act flexibilities: the Oxfordshire experience
- Author:
- ROBERTS Diana
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Integrated Care, 14(6), December 2006, pp.36-44.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
This article outlines the approach taken in Oxfordshire to pool significant County Council Social and Community Services and Primary Care Trust budgets to purchase primarily bed-based services to achieve the right outcomes for services users and best value for the organisation. It sets this initiative in the context of relevant Oxfordshire data. It describes the process involved, the benefits and outcomes to date and the initial lessons learnt.
Under strain? Exploring the troubled relationship between health and social care
- Authors:
- GLENDINNING Caroline, HUDSON Bob, MEANS Robin
- Journal article citation:
- Public Money and Management, 25(4), August 2005, pp.245-251.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Relationships between the NHS and social care services over the past 25 years have a poor history. This article examines the strategies that have been used by central government and by local NHS and social care organizations to overcome difficulties of service co-ordination in relation to services for older people and disabled adults. The article is written from the perspective of the NHS. The authors conclude that policies reflecting 'networked' modes of governance may stand the best chance of success, although evidence of improved impact and outcomes still remains scarce.
Ageing people with a lifelong disability: challenges for the aged care and disability sectors
- Author:
- BIGBY Christine
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 27(4), December 2002, pp.231-241.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
This article compares and contrasts Australian policy directions in aged care and disability. Using people with intellectual disability as an exemplar of those who are ageing with a lifelong disability, the paper analyses their location within and the services offered to them by each sector. The paper argues that neither sector adequately addresses the issues raised by the needs of this group and suggests why this is so. Directions for policy and service developments necessary to ensure that the needs of this growing population are met are suggested. These are broadly categorised as; systematically bridging existing gaps with specialist services; supporting inclusion and ensuring older people with lifelong disability are visible within the aged care system; adapting and resourcing the disability sector to facilitate ageing in place; and developing partnerships and joint planning aimed at the removal of cross- and intra-sector obstacles to accessing appropriate services.
Enhancing independence: the effectiveness of re-ablement provision in South Worcestershire
- Authors:
- LE MESURIER Nick, CUMELLA Stuart
- Journal article citation:
- Managing Community Care, 7(4), August 1999, pp.27-32.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
The importance of rehabilitation in promoting independence is recognised in current policy directives on the provision of care to older and disabled people, but has not yet been widely established within the spectrum of services offered by local authorities. Describes how a Worcestershire-based re-ablement service presents an effective model of joint working to provide comprehensive multidisciplinary assessments and a therapeutic intervention service aimed reducing dependency and promoting service users' choice and control over their care programmes.
Continuing care: NHS and local councils' responsibilities
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 20p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Guidance on continuing care, mainly for older people, but also including all adults aged over eighteen requiring continuing NHS care as a result of illness or accidents. Continuing or long term care describes the care that people need over an extended period of time, as a result of disability, accident or illness to address both physical and mental health needs and may include both health and social services.
Better care, higher standards: a charter for long-term care
- Authors:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health, GREAT BRITAIN. Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 22p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Charter for anyone in England who is eighteen or over and has difficulties associated with old age, long term illness or disability; and carers who support people in these circumstances. The Charter tells anyone who needs care or support over the long term where they can expect local housing, health and social services to set standards for the services they provide and what to do if these expectations are not met.
Carrying out adaptations: a good practice guide for registered social landlords
- Authors:
- APPLETON Nigel, LEATHER Philip
- Publisher:
- Housing Corporation
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 68p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Guidance providing principles and advice for registered social landlords when carrying out adaptations to housing for older people or disabled people. Designed to be translated into the context of local conditions and constraints. Includes sections on: a user centred approach; setting the policy; liaison and inter agency working; providing resources; experience and expertise; identifying need; managing the process; assessment, evaluation and setting priorities; management of the technical process; VAT; targets and competition; claiming funding; getting value from adaptations; responsibilities as landlord for adaptations undertaken by others; and user participation and consultation.