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All our futures: planning for a Scotland with an ageing population: 1 summary and action plan
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Executive
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 29p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
This strategy sets the vision for a future Scotland which will value and benefit from the talents and experience of its older people; a Scotland which welcomes its ageing population. Six priority areas for strategic action have been identified; to improve opportunities for older people, to forge better links between the generations, to improve the health and quality of life of older people, to continue to improve care, support and protection for those older people who need it, to ensure that the right infrastructure is in place, and to offer learning opportunities throughout life. For each priority area, what the Scottish Executive needs to do and what it invites public, private, voluntary, community and older people’s organisations to do to bring about change is highlighted, along with success criteria.
Building better care homes for adults: design, planning and construction considerations for new or converted care homes for adults
- Author:
- MacKENZIE Audrey
- Publisher:
- Care Inspectorate
- Publication year:
- 2014
- Pagination:
- 26
- Place of publication:
- Dundee
Good design, planning, construction, conversion, refurbishment and on-going maintenance are vital if a care home for adults is to be capable of providing a good service. This document provides information on Scottish regulations, National Care Standards and guidance used by the Care Inspectorate to assess building plans or when giving advice. The document will be of interest to service providers, developers, architects, builders, local authority and NHS commissioners, as well as those looking for or using a registered care home for adults. (Edited publisher abstract)
Redesigning a local authority residential care home to provide an intermediate care resource
- Author:
- LLOYD-JONES Angie
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Care Services Management, 4(4), September 2010, pp.286-294.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Key national policy drivers have identified the need for change in the way that services are delivered, with shifts to interagency redesign and the need for a whole system approach to early intervention, prevention, rehabilitation and enabling. The Scottish Borders Council has carried out a pilot study to redesign a wing within a local authority residential care home to provide an intermediate care resource that would deliver short-term intensive rehabilitation to support people to live in their own homes. This paper presents the findings from the evaluation carried out on this pilot. The evaluation provides statistical data which includes the number of admissions, reasons for referral, diagnosis, length of stay and discharge outcomes. The unit was consistently in demand and was full on 3 occasions. Of the 51 admissions, 36 were discharged to their own homes. Qualitative data based on feedback from 26 questionnaires indicated that the clients were happy with the service they had received on the unit and felt that they had achieved the aims of their rehabilitation. The paper concludes that the redesign has demonstrated an effective model that can be a transferable framework to deliver intermediate care in other residential care homes.
Local urban environments and the wellbeing of older people
- Author:
- DAY Rosemary
- Publisher:
- Scottish Centre for Research on Social Justice
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 59p.
- Place of publication:
- Glasgow
This study set out to explore how older urban residents feel their wellbeing is affected by their outdoor local environments. It was also concerned with potential environmental inequalities that might occur in several different ways: through local environments differentially impacting on older people as opposed to other residents, through spatial inequalities in the quality of local environments for older people, and through insufficient access for older people to procedures where decisions affecting local environments are made. The research took a multi-case study approach, taking place in three urban neighbourhoods in the Strathclyde region of West Scotland. These three areas comprised a deprived inner city neighbourhood, a suburban estate slightly more deprived than the Scottish median, and a more affluent small town on the coast. The research approach was qualitative, with data collection using one-to-one in-depth interviews, a smaller number of group interviews, and additional observation of older people outdoors in each area.
Findings: local urban environments and the wellbeing of older people
- Author:
- DAY Rosie
- Publisher:
- Scottish Centre for Research on Social Justice
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- Glasgow
This study investigated how local outdoor environments can influence older people’s health and wellbeing. It used qualitative techniques to engage in depth with older people in three different Scottish urban neighbourhoods. It also examined how much influence the older people felt they had in decision-making affecting their local environment. The findings indicate that certain key aspects of local environments can either promote or detract from older people’s mental and physical wellbeing especially by affecting the amount of exercise and social interaction older residents might attain. Planners and urban designers could usefully develop a greater awareness of older people’s perspectives. Key findings are presented.
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.
Sooner rather than later: younger and middle-aged adults preparing for retirement
- Authors:
- ANDERSON Michael, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Ageing and Society, 20(4), July 2000, pp.445-466.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
During the 1990s, the British population has been urged by government and financial institutions to make more personal preparation for retirement and to begin doing so while they are still relatively young. This article, set within a wider analysis of people's long-term planning behaviour, investigates the extent to which a sample of the general planning behaviour, investigates the extent to which a sample of the general population of Kirkcaldy in Scotland, mostly aged between 30 and 49, has given thought to the question of retirement, feels they have made financial preparation for it, and also how comfortable they expect retirement to be. The study concludes planning for retirement must be seen as part of planning as a whole, and that the propensity to plan is the outcome of a complex web or material, social, cultural and psychological factors.
Provision of housing and care services for older people in rural Angus and Perth & Kinross: report of research findings
- Authors:
- AGE CONCERN SCOTLAND, et al
- Publisher:
- Scottish Homes
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 19p.
- Place of publication:
- Dundee
Study undertaken in order to better inform planning and provision of housing and care services for older people in rural areas of Scotland.
Care planning in residential care for older people in Scotland: a research study
- Author:
- MALLINSON Ian
- Publisher:
- Avebury
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 175p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Aldershot
Study examining individual care planning in long term residential care for older people in Scotland. Explores issues arising out of an initial survey of the literature. Goes on to look at the topic in 2 stages. Stage 1 consists of an audit of residential care establishments throughout Scotland, exploring the context of care planning and structures for care planning. Stage 2 considers the actions within these structures and focuses on practices carried out within 3 individual case study establishments. Examines problems inherent in these structures and makes recommendations.
Tayside dementia services planning survey
- Author:
- CARR John S
- Publisher:
- University of Stirling. School of Human Sciences. Department of Applied Social S
- Publication year:
- 1992
- Pagination:
- 79p.
- Place of publication:
- Stirling
Research study which looked at the prevalence of dementia in the Tayside area, and at ways of measuring and recording the incidence more efficiently so that service providers could have a definitive base on which to plan future services.