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Robotics in social care
- Authors:
- WILSON Robert, KENNY Caroline
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Houses of Parliament. Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology
- Publication year:
- 2018
- Pagination:
- 7
- Place of publication:
- London
This briefing paper describes the main ways that robotic technology has been developed for use in social care. It reviews evidence on the impact of robotics on the costs and quality of social care and its workforce. It also explores the main ethical, social, and regulatory challenges to its use in social care which include impacts on users’ autonomy and privacy and questions over the use and ownership of data. The briefing reports that robotics can provide physical, social, and cognitive assistance and a small number of studies report positive impacts on users’ mobility, mental health, and cognitive skills. Using more robotics may result in cost savings through automating some tasks, but there are concerns about affordability, and effects on the quality of care and staffing. (Edited publisher abstract)
Community care statistics, social services activity, England, 2015-16
- Author:
- NHS DIGITAL
- Publisher:
- NHS Digital
- Publication year:
- 2016
- Pagination:
- 21
- Place of publication:
- Leeds
This is a report on the social care activity of Councils with Adult Social Services Responsibilities (CASSRs) in England between 1st April 2015 and 31st March 2016. It contains aggregate information mainly taken from council administrative systems used to record the process of assessing eligibility to state funded social care and providing services where people are eligible. This is the second year of the SALT (Short and Long Term) collection and councils were provided with the opportunity to revise their 2014-15 data; as such, some data has been updated from last year. The report shows that there were 1,811,000 requests for support from new clients, which had reached the stage of having a known outcome to that request during the reporting period. 28 per cent of these were from clients aged 18-64, with the remaining 72 per cent from clients aged 65 and over. There were 245,000 completed instances of Short Term Support to Maximise Independence, for new and existing clients during the reporting period. There were 873,000 clients receiving long term support during the reporting period. The report also reveals that there were 387,000 carers in contact with the council, of whom 314,000 (81 per cent) received direct support. There were also 57,000 instances of respite or other support delivered to the cared-for person. A third of carers in contact with the council (131,000) did not receive a review or assessment during the year. Over half the carers in contact with the council (53 per cent) are aged 18-64 and nine per cent (35,000 carers) are aged over 85. (Edited publisher abstract)
House calls: the impact of home-based care for older adults with Alzheimer’s and dementia
- Authors:
- WILSON Kasey, BACHMAN Sara S.
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work in Health Care, 54(6), 2015, pp.547-558.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Older adults with Alzheimer’s/dementia have high health care costs; they may benefit from home-based care, but few have home visits. This article describes a home-based care programme for frail elders, including those with Alzheimer’s/dementia. Descriptive statistics are provided for Medicare-enrolled programme participants and matched controls with Alzheimer’s/dementia on expenditures along six services: skilled nursing facility, inpatient acute, physician, home health, hospice, and social services. Cases with dementia were significantly more likely to have home health and hospice expenditures than controls, suggesting potential for the program to improve end-of-life care. Very few cases or controls had any social service expenditures. Social workers should advocate for the expanded role of home-based care for older adults with dementia and for increased Medicare reimbursement of social work services. (Edited publisher abstract)
Exploring the system-wide costs of falls in older people in Torbay
- Authors:
- TIAN Yang, et al
- Publisher:
- King's Fund
- Publication year:
- 2013
- Pagination:
- 12
- Place of publication:
- London
One in three people aged over 65, and half of those aged over 80, fall at least once a year. Falls cost the NHS more than £2 billion per year. With the number of people aged 65 and over predicted to increase by 2 million by 2021, the costs incurred of treating patients across health, community and social care services are set to rise further. This paper uses Torbay’s unique patient-level linked data set to explore the NHS and social care costs of the care pathway for older people in the 12 months before and after being admitted to hospital as a result of a fall. On average, these costs for each patient who fell were almost four times as much in the 12 months after admission for a fall as the costs of the admission itself. Over the 12 months that followed admission for falls, costs were 70% higher than in the 12 months before the fall. Comparing the 12 months before and after a fall, the most dramatic increase was in community care costs (160%), compared to a 37% increase in social care costs and a 35% increase in acute hospital care costs. While falls patients in this study accounted for slightly more than 1% of Torbay’s over-65 population, in the 12 months that followed a fall, spending on their care accounted for 4% of the whole annual inpatient acute hospital spending, and 4% of the whole local adult social care budget. The authors discuss how linked health and social care data can be used to inform policy and practice. The findings strengthen the case for an integrated response for frail older people at risk of falls. However, to allow comparison of different models of care, other localities need to emulate Torbay’s recording and analysis of whole-system data at the patient level - which, to the authors' knowledge, is the first time that such detailed analysis of the costs in the health and social care system has been carried out in relation to falls patients in England. (Edited publisher abstract)
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
Inspection of social care services for older people: Bracknell Forest Borough Council: May 2006
- Authors:
- MILLER Sandra, HAMPTON Lynn
- Publisher:
- Commission for Social Care Inspection. South East
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 69p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Inspection of social care services for older people: Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council: May 2006
- Authors:
- WILLIS Tim, METZ Alison de
- Publisher:
- Commission for Social Care Inspection. West Midlands
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 85p.
- Place of publication:
- Birmingham
Inspection of social care services for older people: Blackpool Unitary Authority: May 2006
- Authors:
- GREEN Phil, LAWTON Louise
- Publisher:
- Commission for Social Care Inspection. West Midlands
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 65p.
- Place of publication:
- Birmingham
Inspection of social care services for older people: Brighton and Hove City Council: March 2006
- Authors:
- HANSON Jean, COWEN Robin
- Publisher:
- Commission for Social Care Inspection. London
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 68p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Inspection of social care services for older people: Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council: January 2006
- Authors:
- TALBOT Sue, JAMES Laurie, WATSON Alan
- Publisher:
- Commission for Social Care Inspection. North West
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 93p.
- Place of publication:
- Manchester