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Housing for older people in Wales: a sector review of sheltered housing
- Author:
- OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY. Institute of Public Care
- Publisher:
- Oxford Brookes University. Institute of Public Care
- Publication year:
- 2017
- Pagination:
- 13
- Place of publication:
- Oxford
This report explores the current position of sheltered housing in Wales and recommends how providers and local authorities could better realise its potential to ensure it contributes to the delivery of outcomes for older people. It draws on the views of a small number of providers and commissioners of sheltered housing, gathered in both face-to-face and telephone interviews in 2016. It examines current policy drivers and the role sheltered housing is perceived to play within the wider housing and care agenda. It also looks at the current market, including types of providers and levels of supply and the opportunities that could be considered in the future. It highlights the need for a strategic approach to the commissioning and delivery of sheltered housing that is age friendly, enables care and support to be provided, and supports the wider health, housing and social care agendas. The final section looks at the implications for local authorities and providers of sheltered housing. (Edited publisher abstract)
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.
"Lets agree to agree": a toolkit for commissioners and providers to agree the cost of residential and nursing care for older people in Wales
- Author:
- OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY. Institute of Public Care
- Publisher:
- Oxford Brookes University. Institute of Public Care
- Publication year:
- 2018
- Pagination:
- 31
- Place of publication:
- London
A toolkit to help commissioners and providers of residential and nursing care for older people to reach agreement on the cost of care and fee levels in their local area. The work has been carried out for the Welsh Government, and aims to provide an approach that will help provide a sustainable cost model for care homes in Wales. The toolkit covers the following key steps for agreeing a price: Step 1: Agree what you need to agree, who needs to agree it, what information do you need and how will you agree; Step 2: Gather the data and intelligence; Step 3: decision making. The toolkit draws on methodologies used in Wales and elsewhere in the UK. It is also based on engagement which took place with health board and local authority commissioners, providers and other stakeholder representatives at a series of events and workshops. (Edited publisher abstract)
Market shaping in adult social care
- Author:
- OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY. Institute of Public Care
- Publisher:
- Oxford Brookes University. Institute of Public Care
- Publication year:
- 2017
- Pagination:
- 18
- Place of publication:
- Oxford
This paper analyses changes in the care home market in England over the past five years, and whether the Care Act 2014 market shaping duty has influenced the market. The analysis shows that the total number of care home beds has reduced across England, but that the number of beds specifically for older people has increased. There has also been a reduction in the number of residential and nursing homes operating in England over the past five years and a trend for care homes to be larger. The analysis found smaller homes that are closing, whilst new larger care homes are often targeted at self-funders. The analysis highlights the fragility of the care home market. It makes suggestions to councils on what they should do to fulfil their market shaping duty and ensure there is a diverse and sustainable care home market. (Edited publisher abstract)
The shape of future care for older people with mental health needs
- Author:
- OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY. Institute of Public Care
- Publisher:
- Oxford Brookes University. Institute of Public Care
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 24p.
- Place of publication:
- Oxford
A report from the charity Friends of the Elderly, warns that councils in the South East are unprepared for an increase in demand for mental health services for older people. The charity is saying that areas of serious need will be created which will ‘stretch current service provision to the limit and probably beyond’. The report recommends that statutory authorities work in a more integrated way with voluntary and independent providers.
Wiltshire Council: help to live at home service: an outcome-based approach to social care: case study report
- Author:
- OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY. Institute of Public Care
- Publisher:
- Oxford Brookes University. Institute of Public Care
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Pagination:
- 21
- Place of publication:
- Oxford
The case study describes the process that Wiltshire Council has used to develop its new ‘Help to Live at Home Service’ for older people and others who require help to remain at home. The approach focused on the outcomes that the older people wish to gain from social care. It involved a complete overhaul of the social care system from the role of the social worker working alongside the customer to determine the required outcomes to the role of the providers of the service who must deliver these outcomes and receive payment based on that delivery. The report aims to promote discussion about how outcomes-based, personalised support can best work in social care in England in the future. (Edited publisher abstract)