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A new state of independence
- Author:
- GOSLING Paul
- Journal article citation:
- Local Government Chronicle, Supplement, March 2008, pp.4-6.
- Publisher:
- Emap Business
The challenge of an ageing population is changing care provision. The author discusses how councils can respond to growing demand for services, in spite of budget cuts.
Age Concern's response to the Department Health's Proposed Changes to the Regulatory Framework for Adult Services consultation
- Author:
- AGE CONCERN
- Publisher:
- Age Concern
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 8p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Regards, unannounced 'key' inspections of adult services proposed to take place by CSCI who will then make a judgement on the quality of the service based on information gathered. The judgement will help to decide how often it will need to inspect that service. .
Tameside POPP: local evaluation report
- Author:
- OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY. Institute of Public Care
- Publisher:
- Oxford Brookes University. Institute of Public Care
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 52p.
- Place of publication:
- Oxford
The Partnerships for Older People Projects (POPP) programme, established in 2006, aimed to deliver and evaluate local authority led pilots and initiatives. These were aimed at creating a sustainable shift in resources and culture away from institutional and hospital-based crisis care for older people towards interventions within their own homes and communities. This report describes Tameside’s POPP pilot, Opening Doors for Older People, which aimed to reduce or delay admissions to institutional care or intensive care at home, and support more older people living in their own homes. The report describes the evolution of the POPP, engagement of older people, partnership working, impact on service users, commissioning and market development, personalisation and the economic evaluation. Overall, the local evaluation found qualitative evidence of the positive impact of the POPP pilot on the quality of life and well-being of older people in Tameside. The available quantitative data indicate that it has coincided with a shift away from higher intensity, more costly services, and it has been able to achieve the objective of increasing volunteering by older people.
Critical decisions
- Author:
- CALLAGHAN David
- Journal article citation:
- Local Government Chronicle, 17.7.08, 2008, pp.18-19.
- Publisher:
- Emap Business
As the percentage of the population who are over 65 years old continues to rise, local authorities need to cater for increasing social care needs. The author looks at how some local authorities are responding to the changes. Responses vary with some tightening their eligibility criteria and others looking to personalisation and individual budgets as the answer.
Without a care?
- Author:
- LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
- Publisher:
- Local Government Association
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 19p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Our society is rapidly changing. Our population is growing. Our population is ageing. Our population rightly has increasing expectations of the public services they will inevitably require as they become older including social care from their local authority. The challenge of providing social care to an increasing population cannot be understated. The number of people in the UK aged 65 and over is expected to increase by 25 per cent from 2004 to 2017, and the number of people aged 85 and over is expected to increase by 38 per cent. This poses a major challenge for local authorities, but with social care already under significant strain due to rising demand and costs, the urgency of facing up to this challenge is great. As the Local Government Association's (LGA) Autumn Statement highlighted, general government grant support for services such as social care has increased by just 14 per cent in real terms since 1997/98. And yet, spending in the period 1994/05 to 2004/05 has increased by 65 per cent. Government funding for social care has clearly not kept pace with the demands of an ageing population. This report aims to encourage debate around the growing needs of an ageing population as part of the LGA's Fair Care campaign.
Active steps to prevention
- Authors:
- WISTOW Gerald, KING Derek
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 29.06.06, 2006, pp.32-33.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The authors present early results from the first year of a local authority-led initiative, the Innovation Forum's older peoples project. The results suggest that a shift towards more preventative services is effective and is reducing older people's stays in hospital. The project was based on the idea that good housing, a range of facilities, and families and friends can help older people retain their independence.
Commissioning care services for older people: achievements and challenges in London
- Author:
- BANKS Penny
- Publisher:
- King's Fund
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 20p.
- Place of publication:
- London
What services are available to older people is determined to a large extent by how care is commissioned locally. This paper examines how care is being commissioned in six London boroughs, and how local authorities are working with their primary care trust partners, to transform the mix of services on offer. It shows how service users are involved, and assesses the extent which commissioners understand and manage the market and respond to need. It also highlights factors that are helping or hindering commissioning practice across the capital.
Inspection of social care services for older people: Halton Borough Council; January 2003
- Authors:
- WATSON Alan, COPE Charles
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health. Social Services Inspectorate. North West
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 70p.
- Place of publication:
- Manchester
Inspection of social care services for older people: Southend-On-Sea Borough Council; March 2003
- Authors:
- CLARK Jan, CHIDGEY Bob, MACNALLY Charlie
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health. Social Services Inspectorate. Eastern Regio
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 70p.
- Place of publication:
- Cambridge
Inspection of social care services for older people:Goucestershire County Council; November 2002
- Authors:
- BAINBRIDGE Ian, et al
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health. Social Services Inspectorate. South West Re
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 65p.
- Place of publication:
- Bristol