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Power of the purchaser
- Authors:
- PATMORE Charles, McNULTY
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 6.10.05, 2005, pp.34-35.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
This article presents research findings about factors which promote person-centred, customer-led home care for older people. It describes the far-reaching influence of social services purchasers over whether independent home care providers supply such a service.
Outcomes-focused services for older people
- Authors:
- SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE, GLENDINNING Caroline, et al
- Publisher:
- Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 134p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This project was commissioned by the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE), to form the basis of practice guidance published by SCIE to support the implementation of proposals in the health and care White Paper, Our Health, Our Care, Our Say. It helped to strengthen the evidence base on how to deliver outcomes-focused services for older people and carers. The project aimed to identify: the service outcomes that were valued by older people and their carers; the organisational and other factors that helped or hindered the delivery of desired outcomes; and examples of good practice in outcomes-focused, person-centred services for older people and their carers. Outcomes' are defined as the impact, or end-results, of services on a person's life; therefore outcomes-focused services are those that aim to achieve the priorities that service users themselves identify as important. The project had two stages. The first covered research on the outcomes valued by older people and their carers; and examples of outcomes-focused practices, including changes in ways of funding, organising or commissioning services, assessment or review arrangements, or the activities of service provider organisations. A postal survey was undertaken to find out how widely outcomes-focused approaches were being developed in services for older people and carers across England and Wales, and the range of different projects or approaches involved. The study then focused on six localities in more depth, examining what changes had been made to the organisation and delivery of services; and the impact of those changes, from the perspectives of service users and carers, managers and front-line staff. The project was supported by an Advisory Group of Service Users, that met at key stages during the project. The Outcomes Network established by SPRU also contributed advice throughout the project.
DCM 8 in Cheshire
- Authors:
- EDWARDS Paul, BROTHERTON Steve
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Dementia Care, 14(2), March 2006, pp.12-13.
- Publisher:
- Hawker
The authors describe the introduction of Dementia Care Mapping to seven social care settings, four day centres and three respite units, which are managed by Cheshire County Council.
Flexible, person-centred home care for older people
- Authors:
- PATMORE Charles, McNULTY Alison
- Publisher:
- Social Policy Research Unit. University of York
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- York
This research project interviewed older service users, home care staff, managers and social services purchasers to explore the factors which make possible a flexible, person-centred approach. The findings highlight factors which: influenced flexible, person centred help at independent agencies; led to purchasers promoting flexible, person-centred care; let purchasers to discourage the provision of flexible, person- centred care.
Implementing the Single Assessment Process for older people in England: lessons from the literature
- Authors:
- ABENDSTERN Michele, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Research Policy and Planning, 26(1), 2008, pp.15-31.
- Publisher:
- Social Services Research Group
With the introduction of the Single Assessment Process (SAP) in England, in 2004, the government aimed to address the shortcomings of the assessment of older people with health and social care needs. The SAP promoted a person-centred approach, multi-professional working and the standardisation of assessment in practice. By reviewing the literature on assessment from the mid-1980s to the present, this article indentifies issues that may help or hinder effective implementation of the SAP. In addressing assessment from the viewpoint of suggested that achieving the aims of the SAP will be a complex process, with historically contentious issues in assessment practice remaining relevant to the implementation of this policy.
Investing in later life: a toolkit for social services providing care for older people
- Author:
- EUROPEAN SOCIAL NETWORK
- Publisher:
- European Social Network
- Publication year:
- 2017
- Pagination:
- 79
- Place of publication:
- Brighton
This toolkit provides recommendations and examples of innovative practice for professionals working in social services providing care for older people. It is based on desktop literature research and the result of the European Social Network’s (ESN) work on ageing and care between 2014 and 2016. Chapters cover knowledge and best practice around initiatives to promote active ageing and independence, carers support, improving the coordination of health and social care services, and support for people with complex needs and disabilities as they grow older. Chapter one focuses on the promotion of active ageing and discusses key developments such as supporting volunteering, prevention and early intervention, and rehabilitation. Chapter two highlights the challenges in recruiting sufficient qualified social care staff, particularly in the provision of long-term care and looks at how to better support informal carers. Chapter three discusses cooperation and integration opportunities in older people’s services. It analyses the challenges of integrated services at three different levels: macro-level, meso-level and micro-level. The final chapter explores how people with multiple conditions can be supported most effectively in a person-centred way, including people living with dementia and people with learning disabilities. Each chapter includes a review of the legal and policy frameworks and examples from practice. (Edited publisher abstract)
Individualization and the delivery of welfare services: contestation and complexity
- Authors:
- YEATMAN Anna, et al
- Publisher:
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 279p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Basingstoke
This book is the result of a project funded by the Australian Research Council in 2001-2003, and is in two parts. The theoretical first part discusses the notion of ‘individualisation’ or “the equal entitlement of each human being to be considered as… a person” with regard to the ethos of the welfare state. It examines the rights of the individual to welfare services and the implications, not only for the delivery of those services, but for public policy too. The rest of the book documents the six case studies covered by the individualised service delivery project. These included Centrelink, the Australian government agency created to act as a one stop shop for welfare services, the Looking after Children (LAC) initiative, and others involving Community Aged Care Packages, HIV-positive gay men, a disability employment service and the rehabilitation of prisoners.