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Turning policy into outcomes: a report on the implementation of well-being strategies
- Author:
- FOREMAN Claire
- Publisher:
- Improvement and Development Agency
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 48p.
- Place of publication:
- London
'Improving the quality of life for older people' was one of seven shared priorities agreed between central government and the Local Government Association (LGA). Some 50 local authorities and their partners participated in the shared priority work, through action learning sets. The work ran from September 2004 to April 2006. The guide identifies the lessons learnt. In them you will find valuable and timely examples, tools and insights. These will help to implement the vision for modernising older people's services.
Telecare: outcomes and cost effectiveness
- Authors:
- BEAZLEY Mike, CONNER Kim, O'HARA John
- Publisher:
- Care Performance Partners
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Pagination:
- 16
Summarise the collated findings from evaluations of telecare services in 41 local authorities in England, covering 3,303 telecare users during the period 2010-2014. The results suggest that telecare can help support better outcomes for people using services and for local commissioners, by reducing avoidable admissions to hospitals, supporting safe hospital discharge, deferring or avoiding admissions to care homes, and extending independent living. It found where telecare was targeted to meet a need identified as part of an assessment and care plan, it was often effective and in some cases resulted in cost savings. The average annual saving for the 3,303 people evaluated was £1,151 per person for adult social care. However, telecare provided through councils for ‘prevention’ or ‘reassurance’ purposes represented an additional cost for equipment and for monitoring. (Edited publisher abstract)
The effectiveness of local authority social services' occupational therapy for older people in Great Britain: a critical literature review
- Authors:
- BONIFACE Gail, et al
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 76(12), 2013, pp.538-547.
- Publisher:
- Sage
This literature review systematically selected, critically appraised, and thematically synthesized the post 2000 published and unpublished evidence on the effectiveness and cost effectiveness of occupational therapy interventions for older people in social care services. Identified themes established: the localized nature of social care services for older people; organizational and policy impacts on services, and factors influencing effectiveness and cost effectiveness. Although occupational therapists are increasingly involved in rehabilitation and reablement, there is a continuing focus on equipment and adaptations provision. A high level of service user satisfaction was identified, once timely occupational therapy services were received. Overall, occupational therapy in social care is perceived as effective in improving quality of life for older people and their carers, and cost effective in making savings for other social and healthcare services. However, the complex nature of social care services makes it difficult to disaggregate the effectiveness of occupational therapy from other services. (Edited publisher abstract)
Total Place - services and support for older people: one year on
- Author:
- ARCHIBALD Andrew
- Journal article citation:
- Working with Older People, 15(3), 2011, pp.106-111.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Bournemouth, Dorset and Poole were, in 2008, selected to participate in a pilot project called Total Place, the focus of which was to examine how services could be improved and provided at less cost by bringing together all public sector partners around specific themes for older people. This paper presents the progress to date of Dorset. Areas tackled included: locality working; connecting health and social care; workforce planning; person centred planning; reablement; housing; partnership for older people programme; and Dorset age partnership. The agenda of work provided in this paper provides a snap shot of the journey towards improving services in more efficient ways. The paper provides tips to follow for improving service provision for older people which include not cutting Ageing Well programmes, not having constant talks about dementia, and making sure providers do not reinvent the same solutions to care.
Why bother?: improving the quality of life for older people
- Author:
- IMPROVEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY
- Publisher:
- Improvement and Development Agency
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 16p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Argues that we need to embrace the contributions older people make to their communities and think in terms of inclusion, engagement and well-being, rather than illness and frailty and dependency.
Engaging with older people
- Author:
- IMPROVEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY
- Publisher:
- Improvement and Development Agency
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 32p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Improving the quality of life for older people was one of the priorities agreed between central government and the Local Government Association (LGA). About 50 local authorities and their partners participated in the shared priority work, through action learning sets. These tools and insights and can help in engaging and implementing the vision for modernising older people's services.’
Working as a whole system
- Author:
- IMPROVEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY
- Publisher:
- Improvement and Development Agency
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 36p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Whole systems working is a wide-ranging, cross-cutting and holistic approach to improving older people's quality of life. It means looking beyond the provision of health and social care services and embracing the wider spectrum of issues that impact on people's quality of life.
Developing quality of life strategies
- Author:
- IMPROVEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY
- Publisher:
- Improvement and Development Agency
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 63p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Quality of life strategies for older people provide a framework through which to improve engagement and to work more effectively as a whole system.
Case studies
- Author:
- IMPROVEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY
- Publisher:
- Improvement and Development Agency
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 20p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The guides in the series Older People's Shared Priority have highlighted examples of innovation or good practice from around the country. Four case studies are included in this guide to show how a sample of authorities have managed their work and the different approaches they have taken.
Making the case for integrated, impartial information and advice about housing and care for older people
- Authors:
- ADAMS Sue, GREEN Gill
- Publisher:
- Foundations
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Pagination:
- 39
- Place of publication:
- London
This joint report sets out the case for the provision of integrated information and advice for older people which covers housing, care and finance. It looks at how this will enable local councils to meet their new duties under the Care Act; identifies current integrated information and advice provision; and demonstrates there wider cost benefits and their value to older people themselves. It also shows how these services meet specific NHS, Public Health and Social Care Outcomes Framework measures. Case studies are used throughout to illustrate the financial and social benefits of integrated provision and the added value that the voluntary sector can bring. The report has been jointly produced was Care and Repair England, EAC First Stop, Foundations, Independent Age and Age UK. It is of particular relevance to commissioners and providers of care, health or housing services. (Edited publisher abstract)