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Going techno in the house
- Author:
- VALIOS Natalie
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 4.3.10, 2010, pp.32-33.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
North Yorkshire Council has achieved success with its use of assistive technology and telecare in helping older people remain independent. This article looks at the local authorities approach and the benefits to their older residents.
'Our real challenge is to deliver more for less'
- Author:
- NACIF Ana Paula
- Journal article citation:
- Local Government Chronicle, 4.10.07, 2007, pp.16-17.
- Publisher:
- Emap Business
Despite its excellent performance ratings, Buckinghamshire County Council had issues with resident dissatisfaction. This article reports on its Transformation project, set up to deliver better and cheaper services, which brought together a group of local over-50S to ask them what they really wanted.
Combatting loneliness: a guide for local authorities
- Author:
- LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
- Publisher:
- Local Government Association
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Pagination:
- 44p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Loneliness is a significant and growing issue for many older people. Research over decades has found that acute loneliness has been consistently estimated to affect around 10-13% of the population of older people. Over the same time period, there has been a growing percentage of older people who sometimes feel lonely. Loneliness makes older people vulnerable to developing chronic health problems, depression and increases the need for social care services or residential care. This guide offers a brief summary of key research on the issue of loneliness, and some practical steps every local authority, working in partnership with other statutory bodies and their partners, can take to tackle loneliness, setting them in the context of an overall framework for action. The described framework comprises 3 tiers of actions: at the strategic level across the local authority; at the level of the community; and at the level of the individual. Suggested practical steps are illustrated by case studies drawn from around the country.
Improving life for older people: helping councils make a difference
- Author:
- WHITTAKER Shelley
- Journal article citation:
- Working with Older People, 16(1), 2012, pp.17-21.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
The Ageing Well programme aims to improve life for older people by working with councils to help them make better places for people to grow old in. This work needs to continue despite the challenge local authorities face with budgets. Support from the Ageing Well programme has helped councils identify innovative ways to look at the ageing agenda. The programme encourages councils and the wider public to see older people in a more positive light. It helps to show older people as an asset to society, whether the economy or through volunteering and life experience, and helps councils embrace the idea of making their area a better place in which to grow old. This article discusses the programme's origins and purpose, the work it has been doing, and the legacy it will leave for councils to work well in the future. The programme has shown how different councils face different issues within the ageing agenda, and therefore need different solution and suggests that councils need to engage with older people to support them fully and to embrace the ageing agenda.
South East Regional Initiative on increasing the voice, choice and control of older people with high support needs: five key messages and emerging lessons
- Authors:
- NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT FORUM FOR INCLUSION, CENTRE FOR POLICY ON AGEING, GREAT BRITAIN. Office for Disability Issues
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Office for Disability Issues
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 13p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The South East Regional Initiative (or SERI) is funded by the Office for Disability Issues (ODI) and is working with three local authority sites to embed options and opportunities for independent living for older people. The SERI programme involves: change management support; a qualitative research study to track the experiences of individual older people; and quantitative data collection and analysis to capture impacts at different levels, and to develop an evaluation framework for independent living that can be used by authorities to assess the return on their local investments. This paper shares the emerging messages and important lessons from this 2 year demonstration project established to understand what works in increasing the voice, choice and control of older people with high support needs. This includes older people living in residential and/or nursing care homes; and older people living at home who are at risk of a move into care. This paper has been prepared for local authorities and their partners responsible for ensuring the delivery of local services and support that achieve better outcomes as well as best value in the use of public services and resources.
Top tips from local authorities who have developed strategies to help older people to access direct payments
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 7p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Two case studies are provided from local authorities to illustrate the approaches they have used to increase the uptake of direct payments. Each case study provides a top tip, a detailed explanation of the approach taken and contact details for further information. The two case studies cover: Mainstreaming direct payments from Cornwall County Council and offering direct payments for older people as a first option from Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council.
How to get leaner, but not meaner
- Authors:
- MUNDY Sue, LEWIS Eirian
- Journal article citation:
- Health Service Journal, 21.4.11, 2011, pp.20-22.
- Publisher:
- Emap Healthcare
Gateshead adult services have applied 'lean' principles to their core assessment process, from the point of referral to a case being closed. The article looks at the five step process used and how the initiative has improved services whilst reducing costs.
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.
Flexicare housing Hertfordshire: accommodation services for older people 2009
- Author:
- HERTFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL. Adult Care Services
- Publisher:
- Hertfordshire County Council. Adult Care Services
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 9p.
- Place of publication:
- Hertford
Hertfordshire's Accommodation Services for Older People programme was launched in 2008 following a detailed analysis of the market for older people's accommodation. The programme is increasing the number of units and the range of accommodation available. It is an innovative partnership between, the county council, the district and borough councils, two Primary Care Trusts and local housing and care providers. The main focus is on providing more flexicare housing. Flexicare housing is Hertfordshire's unique version of extra care housing. It allows residents to rent or even own their own flat with on-site, flexible care available 24 hours a day. This strategy guide is published by Hertfordshire County Council and its partners. Its use of Flexicare represents a model of extra care housing that comprises a balanced community of older people ranging from those with little or no care needs to those with needs equivalent to residential care, including dementia.
Active steps to prevention
- Authors:
- WISTOW Gerald, KING Derek
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 29.06.06, 2006, pp.32-33.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The authors present early results from the first year of a local authority-led initiative, the Innovation Forum's older peoples project. The results suggest that a shift towards more preventative services is effective and is reducing older people's stays in hospital. The project was based on the idea that good housing, a range of facilities, and families and friends can help older people retain their independence.