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Dementia 2011: a North East perspective
- Author:
- SMITH Debbie
- Publisher:
- Northern Rock Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Pagination:
- 104
- Place of publication:
- Newcastle upon Tyne
Outlines the state of dementia care in the North East, as of May 2011. The report provides an overview of the work that is being undertaken to support people with dementia and their carers by statutory, voluntary and education sectors. It highlights progress made and gaps in service development and provision; setting this work against the English policy context and the views and experiences of people with dementia and their carers. In particular, the report provides: context through demographic information, dementia types and economic challenges; details of policies that are relevant to dementia, in particular, the national dementia strategy, and any related activity that has been undertaken within the North East to deliver or comply with the policies; details of North East structures, research and regional wide dementia specific information that supports the implementation of the national dementia strategy; the North East key dementia priorities and details of progress against them including the views of North East stakeholders; and details of the remaining national dementia strategy objectives and progress against them including the view of North East stakeholders. (Edited publisher abstract)
Asset-based approaches, older people and social care: an analysis and critique
- Authors:
- DALY Mary, WESTWOOD Sue
- Journal article citation:
- Ageing and Society, 38(6), 2018, pp.1087-1099.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
Asset-based thinking is increasingly prevalent in health policy and is to be found also in discourses on social care. This article explores and critiques the applicability of asset-based approaches to social care for older people, using Carol Bacchi's analytical framework to consider developments in the United Kingdom especially. The problem construction, assumptions and suggested solutions underpinning an asset-based approach are considered in turn. The paper draws two major conclusions. The first is that, while it has potential application to the field, the key assumptions and objectives of the asset-based approach do not hold well for social care and therefore adopting the approach carries risks. The paper concludes, secondly, that an asset-based approach is ‘over-promised’ in the sense of being insufficiently theorised and lacking empirical evidence. A number of suggestions are made for greater critical interrogation, improved empirical evidence and closer scrutiny of the policy ‘solutions’ associated with assets-related thinking. (Edited publisher abstract)
The future social care market
- Author:
- NATIONAL MARKET DEVELOPMENT FORUM
- Publisher:
- National Market Development Forum
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 6p.
- Place of publication:
- Oxford
The social care market is going to change in the coming years. Key trends include greater choice and control over service provision for users and carers, a stronger emphasis on communities and prevention, and changes in the basis of funding care. This paper looks at some assumptions that might be made about the social care market in the future and the potential issues and problems to be faced. The paper is based on discussions by participants in the National Market Development Forum between March and July 2010. The assumptions range from the almost inevitable, such as the growth in the numbers of older people, to the highly speculative, such as increased migration of older people. Key challenges that the social care market is likely to pose for commissioners and providers in the future are discussed. With these assumptions and challenges in mind, the paper suggests potential responses that will help to create an ‘ideal’ social care market. Key to the future will be the provision of accommodation into which care and health services can be delivered within the community, together with a combined preventative approach from health and social care.
National policy approaches to social care for elderly people in the United Kingdom and Singapore 1945-2002
- Authors:
- MEHTA Kalyani K., BRISCOE Catherine
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Aging and Social Policy, 16(1), 2004, pp.89-112.
- Publisher:
- Routledge
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Compares policy approaches in the United Kingdom and Singapore on social care for older people. The context of these approaches is discussed showing the development of policies, in each country from the aftermath of the Second World War to the present. Given that Singapore is a former British colony, it is of interest to scholars of social policy to examine its welfare approach as compared to the welfare state approach espoused by the United Kingdom. Both nations are faced with the challenges of an aging population, which necessitates handling similar problems with strategies that are in harmony with their respective economic, social, and cultural contexts. Considers their divergence of philosophies and policies, concluding with the recognition that the major difference lies in national and governmental expectations regarding the extent of the financial and regulatory responsibility for care for older people carried by the individual, the family, and the state.
A new era of social policy integration? Looking at the case of health, social care and housing
- Authors:
- MCCALL Vikki, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Policy, 50(4), 2021, pp.809-827.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
- Place of publication:
- Cambridge
Service integration is a global trend aiming to create partnerships, cost-effectiveness and joined-up working across public and third sector services to support an ageing population. However, social policy research suggests that the policy making process behind integration and implementation is complex, contradictory and full of tension. This paper explores social policy integration at the ground-level of services in the health and housing sector within a new integrated model for housing for older people. The paper applies a critical Lipskian approach to show that housing can promote integration for both users and wider stakeholders. Front-line workers were central to service integration, often working to integration principles despite policy changes and uncertainty. Challenges of social policy integration include the gaps between policy and practice and the developing nature of interaction at the ground-level – most notably, the role of technology. Technology and digital health platforms could enhance service user and practitioner interactions at the ground-level. The paper calls for renewed focus on policy processes in relation to service integration and consideration of new forms of service user, practitioner and policy maker interaction. (Edited publisher abstract)
Predicting unmet need for social care
- Authors:
- DUNATCHIK Allison, ICARDI Rossella, BLAKE Margaret
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Long-Term Care, November 2019, pp.194-205. Online only
- Publisher:
- King's College London
- Place of publication:
- London
Context: Demographic and other pressures have placed strains on the social (long-term) care systems in many countries. An ageing population and cuts to local authority budgets have put pressure on the availability of local authority funded adult social care in England and have raised concerns about unmet social care needs among older people. To prevent care needs going unmet, it is crucial to understand their predictors. However, research on this topic is limited. Objective(s): To understand the predictors of unmet needs for adult social care in England. Method(s): Using data from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (2002–2012), this study employed an activities-based approach to develop a definition of unmet social care needs, drawing on available data, previous literature and consultations with social care users and carers. This study then used logistic regression to analyse the factors that predict developing an unmet care need over a 10-year period among a sample of those aged 50 and older. Findings: The likelihood of developing unmet care needs does not differ by factors like gender, wealth, social contact, education or health behaviours. The only significant predictors for unmet needs are living alone, being relatively young (though still over 50), not having a longstanding illness, losing a spouse and developing more severe needs. These findings are robust to a variety of model specifications. Limitations: Results of this analysis may be sensitive to the definition of unmet need employed. Implications: These findings contribute to the current debate on the funding and organisation of adult social care in England and will inform policymakers interested in addressing the issue of unmet social care needs among older people. (Edited publisher abstract)
Learning in later life: challenges for social work and social care
- Author:
- HAFFORD-LETCHFIELD Trish
- Publisher:
- Routledge
- Publication year:
- 2019
- Pagination:
- 186
- Place of publication:
- Abingdon
Within the UK and Europe, there has been a shift towards the increased engagement of older people with public services. The philosophy of user involvement and co-production within these contexts has become integral to finding ways in which to improve the wellbeing of older people and their experiences of ageing well. This book focusses on what opportunities might be present within care services and public services in general for older people using social care to capitalize on the skills and knowledge they might need to achieve more person-centred support. By developing a debate for the convergence of the lifelong learning agenda with social policy and social care, its core argument focusses on the challenge of sustainability of the care and support of older people. The author explores how social care could engage more meaningfully with concepts such as social capital and the challenges associated with achieving a genuine co-productive approach towards the quality of experience of older people using social care. This book will be useful for professionals working with older people in health and social care. (Edited publisher abstract)
Thinking ahead? Exploring adult social care provision with older people in Northern Ireland
- Author:
- CHAPMAN Alexandra
- Journal article citation:
- Health and Social Care in the Community, 27(1), 2019, pp.161-169.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
A plethora of government policies impacting older people in the United Kingdom (UK) have been strongly influenced by the rhetoric that service users should be actively involved in their social care; including decisions and delivery. User involvement is integral to the government's current drive to make service more “person‐centred” or “personalised” in adult social care. However, there has been little engagement with the broader Northern Ireland public on future adult social care policies. It has been suggested that knowing preferences for the type of future care and where and how it should be provided can be valuable for service users, providers and policy‐makers. Using a qualitative approach, this paper draws on data collected from three focus groups with people aged over 60 who are not in receipt of social care services. The focus groups took place between April 2016 and January 2017. The findings demonstrate that participants had limited knowledge and understanding of the current social care system in Northern Ireland. In addition, participants had not thought about their possible future care needs. The findings emphasise the importance of promoting and engaging the public in social care debates, particularly at a time when the need for reform of the health and social care system has been identified in Northern Ireland. (Edited publisher abstract)
Home care for the elderly in Sweden, Germany and Italy: a case of multi‐level governance strategy‐making
- Authors:
- LONGO Francesco, NOTARNICOLA Elisabetta
- Journal article citation:
- Social Policy and Administration, 52(7), 2018, pp.1303-1316.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Home care is a policy field characterized by strong interdependencies and multi‐level governance. In such a setting, decision‐ and strategy‐making is complex, with interrelated governance mechanisms between the private and public actors involved, and the risk of lack of a clear and sharp definition of public contents. In this article the authors are interested in understanding “if and how” multi‐level governance influences planning in home care and, more generally, social care fields. Through the analysis of home care services for the elderly in three prominent European countries, the article highlights critical dimensions that should be taken into consideration in such contexts: users' selection, services features, coordination and funding mechanisms, provision forms. These dimensions turn out to be representative of key processes of strategic development within multi‐level settings. (Edited publisher abstract)
No easy options: exploring the options for reforming social care funding and eligibility
- Authors:
- PETRIE Kathryn, KEOHANE Nigel
- Publisher:
- Social Market Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2018
- Pagination:
- 48
- Place of publication:
- London
This report explores four options for social care reform in order to protect people from the high costs that can be associated with long-term care and the measures that could be implemented to raise more money for care. It considers four levels of protection the government could provide to protect those who need social care from high costs: free personal care, increasing the level of asset threshold to £100,000, capping the cost of care, and introducing a cap alongside an increase in asset threshold to £100,000. It estimates that the cost of these policies would range from saving the government money to costing £7bn in 2020/21. The eight suggested options to raise additional funds for the reform of social care are: a one-off charge on a person’s 65th birthday, inheritance tax increase; age related levy; National Insurance increase; introduce National Insurance payments for those above state pension age; Income tax increase, council tax increase, and corporation tax increase. For each option the report analyses how the policy measure compares across five distributional dimensions including wealth, income and region. The report recommends levying a one-off “payment at 65” on those with household assets of more than £150,000 per adult. It calculates that a charge of £30,000 would raise enough to fund free personal care in England in 2020/21. (Edited publisher abstract)