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Self-help care for older people: an issue for local government
- Author:
- BERNARD Miriam
- Journal article citation:
- Local Government Policy Making, 15(3), December 1988, pp.39-45.
- Publisher:
- University of Birmingham. Institute of Local Government Studies
Describes the Self Health Care in Old Age Project and discusses local authorities' possible contribution to self help for elderly people.
Stoke-on-Trent: local system review report
- Author:
- CARE QUALITY COMMISSION
- Publisher:
- Care Quality Commission
- Publication year:
- 2017
- Pagination:
- 42
- Place of publication:
- Newcastle upon Tyne
One of 20 targeted local system reviews looking specifically at how older people move through the health and social care system, with a focus on how services work together. The review looks at how hospitals, community health services, GP practices, care homes and homecare agencies work together and whether services are safe, effective, caring, responsive and well led. The review found that older people living in Stoke-on-Trent sometimes have poor experiences of care and do not always have access to the right care, in the right place at the right time because the health and social care system, led by Stoke-on-Trent City Council and Stoke-on-Trent Clinical Commissioning Group, is not working in a joined up way that is meeting their needs. The reviewers found that organisations and individuals designing and delivering services in Stoke-on-Trent were not working to an agreed, shared vision and that there was a lack of whole system strategic planning and commissioning with little collaboration. This resulted in people finding it difficult to access GP appointments, older people being delayed in hospital, and needs and care packages in the community not being reviewed as regularly as they should be. The review also identifies areas for improvement. (Edited publisher abstract)
Halton: local system review report
- Author:
- CARE QUALITY COMMISSION
- Publisher:
- Care Quality Commission
- Publication year:
- 2017
- Pagination:
- 35
- Place of publication:
- Newcastle upon Tyne
One of 20 targeted reviews of local authority areas looking specifically at how older people move through the health and social care system, with a focus on how services work together. The review looks at how hospitals, community health services, GP practices, care homes and homecare agencies work together and whether services are safe, effective, caring, responsive and well led. The review found that there was a strong commitment and a shared vision across the local authority and the clinical commissioning group (CCG) to serve the people of Halton well. There was a positive approach in Halton to maintain people’s health and wellbeing in their own homes, with services designed for older people to keep them socially included, active and able to manage their long term conditions. There was good support for carers including those supporting people living with dementia. Halton had also recently introduced new services introduced to avoid hospital admissions, including a rapid seven-day re-ablement service and a rapid clinical assessment team. Transformation projects for care homes and domiciliary care were underway so that people’s individual needs could be met in a timely way. This had led to a reduction in the numbers of delayed transfers of care and improvements in performance. The review also identifies areas for improvement (Edited publisher abstract)
Bracknell Forest: local system review report
- Author:
- CARE QUALITY COMMISSION
- Publisher:
- Care Quality Commission
- Publication year:
- 2017
- Pagination:
- 42
- Place of publication:
- Newcastle upon Tyne
One of 20 targeted local system reviews looking at how older people move through the health and social care system, with a focus on how services work together. The review consideres how hospitals, community health services, GP practices, care homes and homecare agencies work together and whether services are safe, effective, caring, responsive and well led. The review found that the health and social care system in Bracknell Forest was working effectively and using an integrated approach that was having positive outcomes for older people. Most older people were receiving good quality health and social care services in a timely way. Reviewers found evidence of strong strategic leadership between Bracknell Forest Council, Bracknell and Ascot Clinical Commissioning Group and providers, with a well-established, collaborative approach to designing and delivering services. Bracknell Forest service priorities included helping older people avoid unnecessary admissions to hospital, offering older people support to stay well, and improving the capacity of homecare agencies and care homes to manage the recruitment challenges. As a result, there had been reductions the numbers of people remaining in hospital while they waited for their ongoing care to be arranged. Performance had improved and was better than comparator and national averages. The review also identifies areas for improvement. (Edited publisher abstract)
A delicate balance? Health and social care spending in Wales
- Authors:
- LUCHINSKAYA Daria, OGLE Joseph, TRICKEY Michael
- Publisher:
- Wales Public Services 2025
- Publication year:
- 2017
- Pagination:
- 24
- Place of publication:
- Cardiff
This briefing note looks at trends in public spending on health and local authority funded adult social care in Wales since 2009-10, with some comparisons with the other UK nations. It reports that the total health and social service spend per head in Wales was higher than that of England in 2015-16. Over the period 2009-10 to 2015-16, day-to-day spending on local authority-organised adult social services in Wales remained broadly flat in real terms, but the increasing over-65 population means that spending per older person has fallen by over 12% in real terms. The briefing concludes that spending may need to increase by at least £129 million (23%) between 2015-16 and 2020-21 to get back to the equivalent spend per-head in 2009-10, which amounts to a 2.5% year-on-year increase. (Edited publisher abstract)
Focus on: Social care for older people: reductions in adult social services for older people in England
- Authors:
- ISMAIL Sharif, et al, QUALITYWATCH
- Publishers:
- QualityWatch, Health Foundation, Nuffield Trust
- Publication year:
- 2014
- Pagination:
- 46
- Place of publication:
- London
Local authorities are responsible for providing support for eligible older adults needing help with daily living activities, either in the home or in care institutions. However, most local authorities are tightly rationing social care for the over-65s in response to budget cuts, resulting in significant drops in the number of people receiving services like home-delivered meals and day care. This report asks how local authorities have responded to this decline in income and explores the possible impact on older adults’ health and wellbeing. It outlines trends in social care provision and informal care before 2010, and finds that budget allocations from central Government to English local authorities were reduced by 14% in real terms between 2011/12 and 2014/15. It examines the impact of budget cuts on spending on adult social services since 2010, and how this has affected access to and volume of services, based on analysis of datasets for local authorities in England. The potential impact of reductions in spending and services on older people’s wellbeing and the possible effects on health services are discussed. (Edited publisher abstract)
Implementing an extra care housing strategy in Oxfordshire: delivering system change
- Author:
- COOPER Martin
- Publisher:
- Care Services Improvement Partnership. Housing Learning and Improvement Network
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 9p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This case study offers an overview of Oxfordshire County Council's experience in putting their Extra Care Housing Strategy into practice, drawing on interviews with key Council players and their partners.
Meaningful and effective involvement of older people: a guide for care, health and housing agencies
- Authors:
- REED Jan, COOK Glenda
- Publisher:
- Counsel and Care
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 38p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This publication gives guidance to professionals about how to effectively involve older people in the development of services. After working with older people, professionals recommend that organisations ensure that intention; inclusion; information; infrastructure; integration; influence and the impact of decisions on older people should be adhered to in order to create better ways of involving them in debates and decisions about the way that services are developed. Discussions with older people have revealed that they feel a need to be involved and, importantly, to make a difference – these guidelines are designed to help this happen. They feel that local authorities and providers make decisions without consulting them and therefore miss out on the expertise and experience that they can provide. This will go some way towards both helping older people feel that their opinions are being listened to as well as helping organisations benefit from their expertise.
The age concern
- Author:
- WAJID Sara
- Journal article citation:
- Local Government Chronicle, 12.4.07, 2007, pp.16-17.
- Publisher:
- Emap Business
Finding novel ways to keep the fast-growing elderly population in good health are essential. This article highlights five examples of preventative care services for older people delivered by local authorities at a local level.
A picture of health
- Author:
- DRENNAN Vari
- Journal article citation:
- Health Service Journal, 24.04.03, 2003, pp.22-24.
- Publisher:
- Emap Healthcare
Reports on a scheme that set out to improve the lives of older people and how it became a successful example of joint working between health and social care.