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Direct payments for older people in Wales survey
- Author:
- DIX Jackie
- Journal article citation:
- Generations Review, 13(1), January 2003, pp.24-25.
- Publisher:
- British Society of Gerontology
Briefly reports on a small survey carried out by Age Concern Cymru which surveyed local authorities in June 2002. Summaries the number of local authorities offering direct payments, number of older people receiving direct payments, and schemes under development
ADASS home care and workforce rapid survey: November 2021
- Author:
- ASSOCIATION OF DIRECTORS OF ADULT SOCIAL SERVICES
- Publisher:
- Association of Directors of Adult Social Services
- Publication year:
- 2021
- Pagination:
- 10
- Place of publication:
- London
Findings from a rapid survey of Directors of Adult Social Services on home care markets and workforce. The survey demonstrates a rapidly deteriorating situation in relation to social care for older and disabled people and for carers. More care at home is being delivered, with 15% more care at home delivered between August and October compared with April to July 2021. However, it is not keeping pace with increasing levels and complexity of needs. The results highlight that it is not proving possible to scale up provision further. There has been an even bigger increase (164%) in the total number of home care hours that DASSs reported were unable to be delivered. This shows that increases in need are far outstripping even this increased provision. More people are waiting for assessments, care and support or reviews. There has been a 271% increase in people waiting for more than 6 months for an assessment compared to the previous survey. There has also been a 20% increase in people who have had an assessment and are waiting for care and support or a direct payment and there are 166,136 overdue reviews of care plans. As a result of the unavailability of care and support due to recruitment and retention issues, around 1 in 10 people are only able to be offered care options that wouldn’t have been what would have chosen or need. Concerns about staffing levels, business closures and hand-backs, which were already high and rising, are now even more profound. About twice as many Directors of Adult Social Services are reporting the closure of home care businesses as 6 months ago. The proportion of DASSs reporting nursing or residential home closures or providers ceasing trading over the past six months was 48%, compared to 35% for the six months prior to that. (Edited publisher abstract)
Older people and home care in Wales: findings from a survey of service users
- Authors:
- LLEWELLYN Mark, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Quality in Ageing and Older Adults, 14(3), 2013, pp.167-179.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide an account of a comprehensive and independent study of 1,029 older people who receive home care in Wales. The study aims to expand knowledge on the views of older people, a group who traditionally have struggled to make their voices heard. It asked older people about six specific components of home care: being listened to; having trained, knowledgeable and skilled care workers; having enough time to be cared for; receiving care from as few different workers as possible; receiving quality care; and being signposted to other sources of information. Design/methodology/approach – After an initial literature review and period of analysis, a thematic framework for home care was developed which contained the six components described above. A questionnaire was subsequently designed and distributed via the post to all home care services over 65 years old in four local authorities across Wales. A sample response rate of 26.7 per cent was achieved. Findings – The paper provides evidence on the levels of satisfaction (or otherwise) with the home care received by older people in Wales. Overall, nearly 85 per cent of older people are either “satisfied” or “very satisfied”, and given the sample size these data are significant (within appropriate confidence intervals) for the whole of the 25,000 people who receive home care in Wales. However, it is difficult to contextualise these findings given that there are no effective comparator data. Research limitations/implications – Given the chosen research approach, the results may lack a certain depth of understanding. That said, the size of the sample does provide commissioners and providers of services with certainty about the general population view. Originality/value – This paper offers a unique independent analysis of home care in Wales, and provides the reader with detailed insights into the views of older people who rarely get a chance to be heard. (Publisher abstract)
Care home top-up fees: the secret subsidy
- Authors:
- PASSINGHAM Anna, HOLLOWAY James, BOTTERY Simon
- Publisher:
- Independent Age
- Publication year:
- 2013
- Pagination:
- 30
- Place of publication:
- London
Councils are required to check that ‘top-up payments’ – paid by relatives to improve the quality of council-funded care - are voluntary, and that families can afford to pay them. In this report, Independent Age uses responses to Freedom of Information requests it made to all English councils with adult social services responsibilities about third party top-up fees for council-funded care home residents. It found that of the 129 councils (out of 152) responding, only 36 (28%) provided complete data, a further 36 (28%) did not provide any data at all, and 57 (44%) provided only incomplete data or provided data that suggested they were not compliant with regulations. In addition, the top two concerns affecting callers to Independent Age's advice service in 2012 were care home funding and third party top-ups. Findings from a joint survey with the English Community Care Association (ECCA) report the views of care homes that reinforce the FOI findings: top-up payments are being paid by relatives, because the care home fees paid by councils are too low. The report summarises requirements made in the two main pieces of guidance from the Department of Health: Local Authority Circular LAC (2004)20: Guidance on National Assistance Act 1948 (Choice of Accommodation) Directions 1992; and Charging for Residential Accommodation Guide (CRAG). The report concludes that the evidence suggests that top-up fees have become a ‘secret subsidy’ paid in many areas by families of the poorest care home residents to support the low level of care home funding that councils are willing or able to provide. (Original abstract)
Older people's involvement
- Author:
- MANTHORPE Jill
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 5.7.07, 2007, p.36, 38.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The author looks at research which aimed to find out how older people in London are being involved in the development of council policies and services. The study identifies the advantages and drawbacks of different models and points to the great diversity of older people, whose views, aspirations and experiences are likely to vary widely.
Care contradictions: higher charges and fewer services: Counsel and Care’s national survey of local authority care charging and eligibility criteria 2006
- Author:
- COUNSEL AND CARE
- Publisher:
- Counsel and Care
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 12p.
- Place of publication:
- London
A national survey of local authorities conducted by Counsel and Care has revealed that older people who need social care services are subjected to a triple lottery based on where they live; how their local authority applies the eligibility criteria for care services; and the charging policy of their local authority. The National Survey of Local Authority Care Charging and Eligibility Criteria 2006 shows that it is very difficult for older people to access support in the community, unless their needs are very high. Two-thirds of all local authorities surveyed have set their criteria at the top two levels of substantial or critical need, indicating that there are many people whose needs fall below this level and are not being met by social care services.
Emerging patterns of care management: arrangements for older people in England
- Authors:
- CHALLIS David, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Social Policy and Administration, 35(6), December 2001, pp.672-687.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This article explores whether typologies of care management arrangements for older people can be discerned through the analysis of a series of key indicators. Data were drawn from a survey of all English local authorities, undertaken as part of the PSSRU study 'Mapping and Evaluation of Care Management Arrangements for Older People and those with Mental Health Problems'. Care management arrangements were categorised using a limited number of key indicators chosen on an empirical and an a priori basis. This resulted in the formulation of six categories of care management arrangements of older people, within which approximately 80 per cent of local authorities could be included.
Care for the elderly: an analysis of variations in public sector provision across local authorities in England
- Author:
- JOYCE M.A.S
- Publisher:
- National Institute of Economic and Social Research
- Publication year:
- 1988
- Pagination:
- 28p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Analysis of the range of public sector care given across all authorities with a comparison of the relationship between NHS and personal social services resources.
A guide to old people's residential homes and nursing homes in Oxfordshire: 1988
- Author:
- OXFORDSHIRE COMMUNITY HEALTH COUNCIL
- Publisher:
- Oxfordshire Community Health Council
- Publication year:
- 1988
- Pagination:
- 88p.
- Place of publication:
- Oxford
Directory of private and local authority homes including details of charges, facilities, staffing, residents rights.
The first county report on dependency levels in local authority homes (Northamptonshire)
- Author:
- GIBBINS Roger
- Publisher:
- Northamptonshire County Council
- Publication year:
- 1985
- Pagination:
- 22p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Northampton