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Age and experience: developing the strategy for a Scotland with an ageing population: consultation analysis
- Authors:
- GRANVILLE Sue, MULHOLLAND Shona
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive Social research
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
The Scottish Executive has developed the Strategy for a Scotland with an Ageing Population (published March 2007), titled: 'All Our Futures: Planning for a Scotland with an Ageing Population', which will focus on making sure that services and infrastructure are ready to deal with any different requirements brought about by the changing population. In order that the views of organisations and individuals throughout Scotland could be used to assist Ministers in determining the direction and content of the Strategy, a consultation took place between March and June 2006. George Street Research was commissioned to analyse the responses to the consultation. Main findings covering age discrimination, work, services, health and well-being, and transport and housing are presented.
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.
Partnership boards and generic care workers at centre of services reform
- Author:
- SALARI Natasha
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 16.10.03, 2003, pp.20-21.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Older people are often marginal to decisions that affect the services they use. Discusses a new report, 'All our tomorrows' commissioned by the ADSS and the LGA, which aims to put them at the heart of planning their wants with the development of older people's partnership boards.
What do service planner and policy-makers need from research?
- Author:
- MARSHALL Mary
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 14(2), February 1999, pp.86-96.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Nine policy preoccupations have been identified in a recent study of dementia care policies in all European countries. These are used to structure a set of issues which researchers might usefully address to assist service planners and policy-makers. Areas where there is already a research literature are identified. Some description and commentary on the application of current policies in the UK is provided to illustrate the need for research. The importance of a research base is stressed with the suggestion that research in related fields could usefully be transferred.
Long-term care: federal, state and private options for the future
- Authors:
- O'BRIEN Raymond C., FLANNERY Michael T
- Publisher:
- Haworth Press
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 303p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Binghamton NY
Examines the debate around long-term care for older people in a United States context. Contains chapters on: competing interests; Medicaid's provisions - federal, state and future; the practical effects of posturing for Medicaid's human needs; disincentives for Medicaid spend down; and possible alternatives. Concludes with a section on possible future options, including policy changes, national insurance programme, long-term care insurance, and integrated planning.
Options for long-term care: economic, social and ethical choices
- Editors:
- HARDING Tessa, MEREDITH Barbara, WISTOW Gerald
- Publisher:
- HMSO/National Institute for Social Work
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 152p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Examines the debate around long term care and proposes a different approach to planning for future long term care. Concludes that the increase in expenditure needed over the next 30 years is not so great as to be a cause for alarm, though some reinvestment may be needed in the short term. Suggests that affordability is a question of political choice, rather than economic imperatives. Reviews the values underpinning long term care and proposes a broad based strategic approach. Looks at the issues from the point of view of disabled people as well as older people. Concludes with 2 chapters comparing the situation in the United States and in Germany.
All our futures: planning for a Scotland with an ageing population: 3 the evidence base
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Executive
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 132p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Key evidence on older people drawn from a variety of quantitative and qualitative research and statistical data is drawn together to inform the Strategy for a Scotland with an Ageing Population and to develop an understanding of the economic, social and cultural implications for Scottish society of an ageing population. Key demographic trends in relation to Scotland’s ageing population and some of the causes of population ageing are outlined. Data is also presented around the contribution made by older people to society as carers, volunteers, learners, workers and consumers, patterns of older people’s employment in Scotland, different retirement pathways, health and well-being as people age, and housing, transport and planning.
The Madrid International Plan Of Action On Ageing: from conception to implementation
- Authors:
- SIDORENKO Alexandre, WALKER Alan
- Journal article citation:
- Ageing and Society, 24(2), March 2004, pp.147-165.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
The Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing is the most important United Nations (UN) document on population ageing for 20 years and sets the context for global policies on ageing for the current century. Drawing from the authors' active participation in the preparation of the draft that formed the basis of the Madrid Plan, the primary purpose of this article is to describe the two-year process of development of the Plan. Then the main features of the Plan are outlined, including the pivotal role of the society for all ages concept and its thematic foundations. The Madrid Plan is contrasted with its Vienna predecessor of 20 years earlier - the priority given to developing countries in the former is identified as one of the key differences between them. Following a brief outline of the implementation and monitoring processes for the Madrid Plan, a model is presented as a potential template for use in evaluating the impact of the Plan and, especially, its effectiveness in improving the conditions of older people's lives. It is argued that a systematic process of monitoring and evaluation is required if the Plan is not to suffer the fate of being regarded as yet another worthy ‘wish list’.
Long-term care research and policy
- Author:
- KEMPER Peter
- Journal article citation:
- Gerontologist, 43(4), August 2003, pp.436-446.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
This article provides a framework for understanding how long-term care (LTC) research contributes to policy, develops a typology of research contributions to policy with examples of each type, and suggests ways to ensure that contributions continue in the future. The article draws on in-depth interviews with LTC experts working at the interface between research and policy, as well as a small, informal Internet survey and the relevant political science and health policy literature. LTC research makes important contributions to policy, but its contributions easily go unrecognized because they are subtle and often depend on research investments made many years before policy is affected. Thus, it is important to consider what investments in LTC research initiatives and infrastructure are needed to ensure the future contributions of research to policy and to identify barriers to funding such investments. A number of steps that researchers can take to enhance the future contribution of research to LTC policy are proposed.
Out of sight: the forgotten elderly
- Author:
- BURSTOW Paul
- Publisher:
- Liberal Democrats
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 6p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Policy paper which examines the closure of residential homes for older people and the resultant shortage of beds. Argues that the Department of Health should issue guidance for consultation on staffing ratios which adequately reflect the needs of residents especially those with dementia.