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The strategy for older people in Wales 2013-2023: living longer, ageing well: making Wales a great place to grow old
- Author:
- WALES. Welsh Government
- Publisher:
- Welsh Government
- Publication year:
- 2013
- Pagination:
- 32
- Place of publication:
- Cardiff
This third phase of the Strategy focuses on ensuring that older people in Wales have the resources they need to deal with the challenges and opportunities they face. These resources are described in terms of social resources (e.g. good physical and mental health), environmental resources (e.g. access to transport, and feeling safe when out and about), and financial resources (e.g. having an adequate standard of income, and not living in poverty). Older people should expect to be able to participate as fully in society as they desire, including: contributing to community and family life; influencing decisions; and having their needs met. The strategy refers to other emerging policy developments and initiatives, notably the Welsh Government's programme of change for Health and Social Care, as detailed in Appendix 2. (Original abstract)
Making choices: meeting the current and future accommodation needs of older people: proposed criteria for change: consultation document
- Author:
- NORTHERN IRELAND. Health and Social Care Board
- Publisher:
- Northern Ireland. Health and Social Care Board
- Publication year:
- 2013
- Pagination:
- 72
- Place of publication:
- Belfast
The review of health and social care, ‘Transforming your care’ (2011) consulted on health and social care in Northern Ireland. One aim was to make home the hub of care for older people, with a recommendation to reduce the number of statutory residential care homes. This consultation document is the first in a two-stage consultation process, and outlines four criteria to be used as the basis for assessing the future role and function of statutory residential care for older people. The criteria are designed to be used by Trusts to assist decision making about the role of statutory provision in the context of planning suitable services for older people in the future. The proposed criteria are: availability and accessibility of alternative services; quality of care; care trends; and best use of public money. The consultation period runs from 29 November 2013 to 7 March 2014; but no final decisions on any individual home have been made and will not be made until both stages of consultation have been completed. (Edited publisher abstract)
Social care reform: funding care for the future: briefing
- Authors:
- GHEERA Manjit, LONG Robert
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. House of Commons
- Publication year:
- 2013
- Pagination:
- 17
- Place of publication:
- London
This note provides a brief history of the proposals to reform the system of adult social care including information on the Coalition Government’s Caring for our future white paper and the accompanying progress report on funding reform published in July 2012. The note also provides information on the Government’s announcements made in February and March 2013, to introduce a cap on social care costs and a revised means test, effective from April 2016.
Delivering Dilnot: paying for elderly care
- Authors:
- BURSTOW Paul, (ed.)
- Publisher:
- CentreForum
- Publication year:
- 2013
- Pagination:
- 55p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The aim of this report is to stimulate debate and draw attention to issues around funding care for the elderly. It takes the view that the Dilnot Commission’s proposals are “our best hope of reforming care financing in at least a decade”. and considers how Dilnot could and should be paid for in the fairest and most progressive way. The paper includes the voices of older people and carers directly affected by these issues. Also included are contributions from Lord Sutherland who offers a long term overview; Yvonne Braun, on behalf the Association of British Insurers, who sets out the crucial role that good financial advice can play in helping people to secure peace of mind for the future; and former Care Services Minister Paul Burstow provides detailed analysis on what level Dilnot’s cap should be set at, and how it should be paid for. Original research found that the argument for introducing a £50,000 cap for those with modest assets is overwhelming. The authors suggest that an additional annual pot of money, around £600 million, could be raised by establishing capital gains tax at death. In total the Treasury could save over £2 billion a year to pay for a Dilnot care system at a cap that would still protect those who desperately need it.
Modernization and devolution: delivering services for older people in rural areas of England and Wales
- Authors:
- DOHENY Shane, MILBOURNE Paul
- Journal article citation:
- Social Policy and Administration, 47(5), 2013, pp.501-519.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
The modernization of public services, with its emphasis on managerialism, choice, co-production and outcome focused service delivery, has been implemented to a certain extent in both England and Wales. This article explores how modernisation affects the way services are provided in rural areas. It looks at the extent that devolution and national discourses drive the development of policy for older people in rural areas and explores the differences and similarities in the provision of services to older people in rural parts of England and Wales. The article uses qualitative data composed of interviews with people involved in forming or implementing policy in six rural areas of England and Wales. It shows that modernization engages both service users and the wider population who may one day become service users. But the emphasis on these groups unfolds in different ways in England and Wales. In England, where there has been a commitment to a customer citizen, policy at the local level has emphasized re-enablement, community development and individual responsibility. In Wales, where modernization has focused on collaboration and citizenship, local policies have focused on service users, and on engagement with the voluntary sector. In effect, the policy environment provides a different context for the experience of ageing in both countries. (Edited publisher abstract)
Together: a vision of whole person care for a 21st century health and care service
- Editor:
- BURNHAM Andy
- Publisher:
- Fabian Society
- Publication year:
- 2013
- Pagination:
- 98
- Place of publication:
- London
Whole person care – integrating physical, social and mental health care in a preventative and person-centred system – is potentially Labour’s big idea going into the 2015 election. The concept has already gained wide support among health professionals, policy experts, campaigners, practitioners and political advocates, who have united to welcome the approach. However, big questions remain around how to turn it from an interesting idea into a credible programme for government. To inform the development of the whole person care agenda, Andy Burnham MP, the shadow health secretary, brings together a range of independent experts to explore the policy implications of integrated health and social care. Their essays do not represent Labour party policy, but outline the key areas that will need to be answered, in order to develop a coherent and effective ‘whole person’ approach to health and social care. The publication has been supported by Age UK. (Edited publisher abstract)
Irreversible? Health and social care policy in a post-Coalition landscape
- Editors:
- WILSON CRAW Dan, EDOBOR Martin
- Publisher:
- Fabian Society
- Publication year:
- 2013
- Pagination:
- 40
- Place of publication:
- London
With increasing demands on the NHS from an ageing population, cuts to frontline services and an estimated 800,000 older people in England currently not receiving the care they need, Britain faces a growing crisis in health and social care. This pamphlet is the culmination of the Young Fabians' health service and social care reform series, involving Young Fabian members, who have held meetings with Shadow Ministers, MPs, community stakeholders and health care workers. The authors, all Young Fabian members, set out new analysis and solutions for the Labour Party to debate and reflect on. (Edited publisher abstract)
An uncertain age: reimagining long term care in the 21st century
- Author:
- KPMG INTERNATIONAL
- Publisher:
- KPMG International
- Publication year:
- 2013
- Pagination:
- 56
- Place of publication:
- London
The Lien Foundation, a philanothropic organisation in Singapore, commissioned KPMG International to produce this report, to inform and stimulate global debate on the long term care of older people. Experts from the aged care sector worldwide were interviewed for their views. While no single breakthrough idea emerged, there were some highly innovative and interesting approaches, and three findings stand out as being critical and relevant: Firstly, the debate on funding and finance threatens to obscure the scale and gravity of the overall challenge. Secondly, care should be redesigned to break down organisational boundaries through greater integration: the medical model must change to accommodate practical methods that pay more attention to people’s needs, rather than to the treatment of disease. Lastly, discussion of this subject must involve government, private and non-governmental bodies and providers, as well as the wider public. Person-centred care; investing in human and technological resources; change attitudes and policies towards ageing. The report is arranged in two main sections, the first on the current state of long term care. It quantifies "the narrowing longevity gap", pressure on traditional family-based care. resource challenges and workforce shortages Section 2, on shaping tomorrow’s long term care systems, considers: delivery of person-centred care; integrating care; rethinking medical care; looking beyond institutional boundaries toward the community; investing in the formal and informal workforce; using technology; focusing on outcomes; developing better funding models; and changing attitudes to ageing. The conclusion notes that governments need to emulate countries such as Australia, where a 10-year plan for a seamless system of care is being implemented. (Edited publisher abstract)