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Engaging older citizens: a study of London boroughs: report summary
- Authors:
- VEGERIS Sandra, et al
- Publisher:
- London Councils
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 6p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This research looks at how older Londoners are being involved in developing council policies and services. The research focuses on older citizen engagement activities that go beyond consultation to capture more active forms of public engagement. The report includes three examples - from Hammersmith and Fulham, Islington and Sutton councils - of how older citizens are being engaged. The three primary ways in which engagement partnerships are structured are the independent forum, supported groups and older citizens’ panels.
Engaging older citizens: a study of London boroughs
- Authors:
- VEGERIS Sandra, et al
- Publisher:
- London Councils
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 53p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
This research looks at how older Londoners are being involved in developing council policies and services. The research focuses on older citizen engagement activities that go beyond consultation to capture more active forms of public engagement. The report includes three examples - from Hammersmith and Fulham, Islington and Sutton councils - of how older citizens are being engaged.
The involvement of Chinese older people in policy and practice: aspirations and expectations
- Author:
- CHAU Ruby C.M.
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 65p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- York
This study, by a research team from the University of Sheffield, was an action-orientated and participant-focused project that aimed to enable Chinese older people to influence policy and practice. It also allowed them to reflect on their experiences of involvement. The study found that: Participants had diverse experiences of involvement, both in their own community and in the wider society. Many took part in voluntary work, voted in local and general elections, served as members of management committees in Chinese organisations and attended consultation events organised by local authorities. Those who took part shared common issues about getting involved, including the language barrier, lack of support, lack of leadership and limited level of involvement. There were positives and negatives about getting involved. Participants gained a sense of achievement and an increase in self-confidence, friendship and respect. Sometimes, their involvement brought about practical changes in services and improvement in the lives of Chinese older people. However, they also invested a lot of time, money and energy and involvement could also bring stress and anxiety. There was a mix of personal reasons and social reasons for Chinese older people to get involved. Some participants said they wanted to combat their own or others’ social isolation, and to develop services which could benefit themselves and later generations. Others took part because of invitations from friends or the feeling of being respected and valued. Participants drew up a statement of shared expectations on growing old. This covered provision of Chinese community centres, medical and health services, emergency support, appropriate care, suitable housing, social contacts, lifelong learning and citizen rights.
New Labour, equity and public services: a Rawlsian perspective
- Authors:
- KEEN Justin, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Policy and Politics, 35(2), April 2007, pp.197-214.
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
The UK government has repeatedly stressed its commitment to equity in public services. It is difficult to test this commitment in many policy arenas, but it can be achieved more readily in services where a balance has to be struck between state and individual financing and provision. This article uses the example of long-term care for older people to illustrate the arguments. A modified form of Rawls' Difference Principle is employed to characterise the positions of the government and its critics in long-term care and in other policies.
A recipe for care: not a single ingredient: clinical case for change
- Author:
- PHILP Ian
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 8p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The reconfiguring specialist services to bring care closer to home will make a big difference to the lives of older people and their families, according to Professor Ian Philp, National Director for Older People.
Health and social care for older people in the UK: a snapshot view
- Author:
- HOWSE Kenneth
- Publisher:
- University of Oxford. Oxford Institute of Ageing
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 24p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Oxford
The long-term care system faces the prospect of a big increase in demand over the next few decades, but the real pressures for structural reform comes from the level of public dissatisfaction with the conditions that determine eligibility for publicly subsidised care. Public dissatisfaction with the public provision long-term care does not yet carry the same weight with policy-makers, however, as dissatisfaction with the health service. Perhaps, at least in the short-term, it will be possible for government to continue to avoid the calls for an overhaul of the system without suffering too much political damage. It in the longer-term what is likely to be required is either an expansion of residential care capacity (will the market ensure that supply grows in line with demand?) or a very substantial increase in the proportion of severely dependent older people who receive intensive supported in their own homes.
Older carers in the UK
- Authors:
- SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY, CARERS UK
- Publisher:
- Carers UK
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 25p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This publication details demographic, employment, and health and well-being data for older carers, as well as estimates of the number of carers claiming public support benefits. The report highlights the need for older carers to have supportive jobs and an adequate income to help meet the costs and time of caregiving.
Long-term care for older people: the future of social services of general interest in the European Union: discussion paper
- Author:
- HUBER Manfred
- Publisher:
- European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 47p.
- Place of publication:
- Vienna
The European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research released a discussion paper by Manfred Huber in May 2007 called "Long-term care for older people: The future of Social Services of General Interest in the European Union." While the paper acknowledges that unpaid family members provide most of the long-term care in European countries, there are also a number of public programs and services provided to adults with chronic conditions or long-term care needs. The paper examines the financial sustainability of those programs, the quality of care provided, projected staff shortages and other long-term care issues, particularly as they are affected by the aging of the European population.
Looking ahead: paying for long term care
- Author:
- BELL Mark
- Publisher:
- CentreForum
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 35p.
- Place of publication:
- London
There is widespread concern about how to fund long term care services for the elderly. The current system is thought to be unfair, complicated, and punitive towards those who save Looking ahead' assesses the existing system and the main options for reform against the principles of equity, efficiency, and sustainability. It argues that a partnership arrangement offers the best solution - whereby the state provides a certain level of care and encourages individuals to make contributions above that level. It offers two ways in which this could be implemented: a revenue neutral option which would substantially improve the current system without increasing government expenditure, and a more comprehensive, but costly alternative.
Critical perspectives on ageing societies
- Editors:
- BERNARD Miriam, SCHARF Thomas, (eds.)
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 185p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Bristol
The book brings together some of the best known international scholars working within a critical gerontology perspective. Together, they review and update understanding of how the field has developed over the last twenty-five years and, through the lens of 'passionate scholarship', provide a challenging assessment of the complex practical and ethical issues facing older people, and those who conduct research on ageing, in the 21st century. The contributions extend the critical gerontological approach conceptually, methodologically and practically. They offer close and scholarly analysis of policies affecting the lives of older people and provide insights into why research is done in particular ways. Special attention is paid to feminist contributions and new approaches to working in partnership with older people; age discrimination and ageism; the impact of neo-liberal policies and the passage of various human rights instruments; the re-medicalisation of later life; the participation of older people in research; and justice between generations.