Search results for ‘Subject term:"older people"’ Sort:
Results 1 - 10 of 25
Older people's housing: policy, performance and practice
- Author:
- NATIONAL HOUSING FEDERATION
- Publisher:
- National Housing Federation
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 72p.
- Place of publication:
- London
In the last few years there has been an unprecedented level of interest across Government in Britain's ageing population and the challenges this presents for all aspects of society. One in three households living in social housing is headed by someone of pensionable age. Housing providers have to look at both the needs and aspirations of today's older population and at future markets.
Older people's housing strategies: addressing your older homeless population: draft version
- Author:
- COALITION ON OLDER HOMELESSNESS
- Publisher:
- Coalition on Older Homelessness
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 6p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The Coalition on Older Homelessness has produced a draft paper aimed at local authorities to encourage them to include older homeless people in their strategic thinking.
Assisting ageing
- Author:
- IMPROVEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY
- Publisher:
- Improvement and Development Agency
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 54p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Falling birth rates and increasing life expectancy are leading to huge demographic changes. There are now almost 20 million people over the age of 50 in the UK, accounting for 42 per cent of the adult population. By 2020, the proportion will probably be around 48 per cent and there will be more people over 80 than there are children under five. Cotswold District Council, Merseyside Fire & Rescue Service, Nottinghamshire County Council, Shropshire County Council and Stroud District Council have all adopted innovative approaches to the problems and opportunities that are posed by this shift. After sketching the background, Assisting Ageing looks at four themes: planning for an ageing society - lead contributor Nottinghamshire County Council; improving multi-agency working - lead contributors Cotswold District Council and Stroud District Council; harnessing the energy, enthusiasm and skills of older people - lead contributor Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service; engaging with and involving older people - lead contributor Shropshire County Council.
Adult care services: additional care home capacity for 2010
- Author:
- HERTFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL. Adult Care Services
- Publisher:
- Hertfordshire County Council. Adult Care Services
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 14p.
- Place of publication:
- Hertford
This analysis estimates the net number of beds projected to be required by Adult Care Services (ACS), in each area of Hertfordshire in 2010 and suggests how that demand might be met. Adult Care Services (ACS) had undertaken general trend and market analysis since 2000 to inform commissioning strategies and annual price negotiations. However it was realised that a new kind of analysis was needed if the right number of places were going to be available in the right place. In October 2004 an evidence-based report projected capacity to 2010. This report is an updated version of that analysis. Fifty percent of the 6402 beds within Hertfordshire are residential beds. In order to increase the ratio of extra care housing to residential care, the authority will look to work with providers to remodel a number of residential beds to produce some of the increase required in nursing and residential dementia beds. The residential beds lost could then be provided as extra care. The report describes a need to develop an integrated care home and housing strategy agreed with District Councils and clearly communicated to both care home and housing providers from both the voluntary and private sectors. The authority aims to put user choice at the centre of the care axis to ensure that its services are sufficiently future proof to meet the expectations of the next generation of older people who will increasingly be owner occupiers.
Future demand for long-term care, 2002 to 2041: projections of demand for long-term care for older people in England
- Authors:
- WITTENBUERG Raphael, et al
- Publisher:
- Personal Social Services Research Unit
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 32p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
The financing of long-term care raises a great many questions. How many older people are likely to require long-term care services in the coming decades? How much are these services likely to cost? Will the cost to public funds prove affordable? Who should pay? How should costs be divided between public expenditure and private sources of finance? In order to address these issues, reliable projections are needed of future demand for long-term care and future long-term care expenditure. This paper presents projections of demand for long-term care for older people in England to 2041 and associated future expenditure. The projections were produced using an updated and expanded version of the Personal Social Services Research Unit’s (PSSRU) long-term care projections model. The version of the model used here has a base year of 2002 and incorporates the 2004-based official population projections. The first part of the paper describes the PSSRU long-term care finance research programme and recent associated projects. The second part of the paper describes the updated and expanded PSSRU long-term care projections model, including details of the data used in this updated version. The third part presents a set of base case assumptions and the projections obtained using those assumptions. The fourth part investigates the sensitivity of the projections to changes in those assumptions. Section five discusses the findings. A final section sets out some conclusions.
Developing an aging prepared community: collaboration among counties, consumers, professionals and organizations
- Authors:
- BRONSTEIN Laura, MCCALLION Phillip, KRAMER Edward
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 48(1/2), 2006, pp.193-202.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
This paper reports on a collaborative process to create an “aging prepared community” in a four county region in the United States. The process benefited from a generous grant from the John A. Hartford Foundation that supported an 18 month planning period which included input from service providers and a vast array of aging persons and their families, including particular efforts to reach underserved populations from multicultural, innercity and rural communities. Under the umbrella of the Elder Network of the Capital Region, the process is now beginning its implementation period with foci on the following: linking health, social service and faith communities; developing accessible health education and wellness programs; creating and implementing a regional system of information and assistance; and mounting a media campaign. (Copies of this article are available from: Haworth Document Delivery Centre, Haworth Press Inc., 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580).
Having a voice, being heard
- Author:
- BRIGHT Les
- Journal article citation:
- Working with Older People, 10(4), December 2006, pp.24-26.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Exeter Senior Voice, a user involvement project with nearly 300 active members, ran an election for the 12 places on its panel of representatives. The representatives attend a wide range of meetings with staff of statutory and voluntary bodies discussing service development and mapping out strategies designed to respond to older people's needs. The author reports on the high turnout for the election, and why these groups are so important to ensuring older people's voices are heard on local issues.
Mapping your future - a proactive approach to aging
- Author:
- SPIRA Marcia
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 47(1/2), 2006, pp.71-87.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
As the number of older adults who live healthy and extended lives increases, people will need to envision the ways in which they choose to live. More emphasis will be given to the potential and strengths that older adults maintain in to later years rather than anticipating the consequences of decline. This paper describes the development of a tool to be used by older adults in planning their futures. It provides an individualized portfolio that encourages older adults to contemplate their future needs and resources. It includes the domains of health, work/leisure, finances, housing, and relationship/support systems. It is a means of encouraging conversations about life choices and maintaining a sense of empowerment and well-being. (Copies of this article are available from: Haworth Document Delivery Centre, Haworth Press Inc., 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580).
Inspection of social care services for older people: Northumberland County Council: June 2006
- Authors:
- TALBOT Sue, JAMES Laurie
- Publisher:
- Commission for Social Care Inspection. North West
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 97p.
- Place of publication:
- Manchester
Implementing telecare: practical experiences
- Authors:
- BROWNSELL S., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Housing Care and Support, 9(2), October 2006, pp.6-12.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Based on practical experience and work of the Housing and Telecare Learning and Improvement Networks at the Care Service Improvement Partnership (CSIP), Department of Health, this article presents some of the common issues experienced and identified when implementing telecare. It makes a number of suggestions on how organisations working across housing, health and social care can make best use of telecare when planning, commissioning and delivering services.