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Reshaping care for older people: a programme for change 2011-2021
- Authors:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Government, CONVENTION OF SCOTTISH LOCAL AUTHORITIES
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Government
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Pagination:
- 34p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Providing high quality care and support for older people is a fundamental principle of social justice and is an important hallmark of a caring and compassionate society. Demographic changes coupled with a decade of difficult public finances means this is one of the 3 biggest challenges facing Scotland – alongside economic recovery and climate change. This document sets out the Scottish vision and immediate actions for reshaping the care and support of older people. It has been co-produced through an extensive period of development and engagement with the people of Scotland and with political, organisational and community interests at both local and national levels. The programme presented provides a framework, built on consensus across all sectors and interests, to address the challenges of supporting and caring for Scotland’s growing older population into the next decade and beyond. This document will be updated to ensure it operates as a key driver for Reshaping Care.
An evidence base for the delivery of adult services
- Author:
- PETCH Alison
- Publisher:
- Association of Directors of Adult Social Services
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Pagination:
- 60p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
This independent evidence review was commissioned by the Association of Directors of Social Work to inform current debates on the future delivery of adult services. It sought to ground such debate in a firm understanding of the conclusions that can be drawn from initiatives evaluated both within the UK and elsewhere, ensuring that any future developments can be based on a clear understanding of the likely impact. The debate is motivated by the aspiration to establish the optimum conditions for the provision of support to the 650,000 people in Scotland who have contact with social services. Key conclusions highlight the need to ensure the most effective configuration for the delivery of adult health and social care is imperative given the current financial and demographic challenges. It has a high profile within the current policy context, exemplified by the Reshaping Care for Older People agenda. Social services for adults have delivered major achievements over the last two decades. There have been major shifts in the models of support from dependency and institutionalisation to greater choice and control by the individual. At the same time there has been recognition of key areas such as the needs of family carers and the demands of dementia that were previously invisible. The large majority of those receiving care and support express high levels of satisfaction.
Strategies of care: changing elderly care in Italy and the Netherlands
- Author:
- ROIT Barbara Da
- Publisher:
- Amsterdam University Press
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 220p.
- Place of publication:
- Amsterdam
This book traces the changes in the elderly care systems of Italy and the Netherlands since the early 1990s, drawing attention to the advantages and disadvantages of these two very different models. It examines the formal care system of the Dutch, and reveals how this system, despite strong policy pressures, has remained relatively stable, while the Italian system has undergone major transitions despite minimal policy intervention. Based on a wealth of data and extensive interviews with both caregivers and patients, this book is designed for anyone interested in the future of European health care debates. Contents include: changing care systems - an introduction; the context and policy trajectories; the challenge of dependence; changing care packages; care packages in practice; the creation of care packages and the transformations of care systems; and conclusions.
Generational conflict, consumption and the ageing welfare state in the United Kingdom
- Authors:
- HIGGS Paul, GILLEARD Chris
- Journal article citation:
- Ageing and Society, 30(8), November 2010, pp.1439-1451.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
In the UK, the welfare state is now over 60 years old. Those born into, grown up with, and now growing old within its influence are a unique group. These people benefit from healthier childhoods and better education than previous generations. Whilst it is accepted that they have done well under the welfare state, some critics have argued that these advantages are at the expense of younger cohorts. The very success of this welfare generation is perceived as undermining the future viability of the welfare state, and some argue that the current levels of income and wealth enjoyed by older cohorts can only be sustained by cutbacks in entitlements for younger cohorts. This will lead to a growing ‘generational fracture’ over welfare policy. This article challenges this position, and argues that both younger and older groups find themselves working out their circumstances in conditions determined more by the contingencies of the market than by social policy.
The future of homecare: responding to older people's needs
- Author:
- BERNARD Caroline
- Publisher:
- Counsel and Care; Ceretas
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 19p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This discussion paper has been developed from Ceretas and Care and Council round table meeting held on 8 July 2009. The meeting was attended by 22 people from across the care sector, including sheltered housing and local authorities to discuss the state of home care in the wider context of community care. The paper beings by discussing the current state and quality of home care. It then discusses what a better system of care and support should look like to respond to older people's needs. Recommendations for the future are then summarised, which include listening to what older people say, undertaking a review of council homecare charging, and examine ways for home care to move seamlessly into residential care.
Ageing Horizons
- Publisher:
- Oxford Institute of Ageing
- Place of publication:
- Oxford
Ageing Horizons covers analysis and research on policy in an ageing society. It is a thematic resource for abstracts, news, commentary, and debate on the policy issues that are likely to arise in the medium term as a result of population ageing. Each issue deals with various aspects of a single theme that is of central importance to policy making in this area. This title is an online only, open access journal. The journal is indexed and abstracted selectively on Social Care Online.
Extra care housing: a concept without a consensus
- Authors:
- TINKER Anthea, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Quality in Ageing, 8(4), December 2007, pp.33-44.
- Publisher:
- Pier Professional
- Place of publication:
- Brighton
Extra care housing has developed from sheltered housing and has increasingly been seen as a popular option by policy makers. In this article the authors examine the trends in social policy which have led to the evolution of extra care housing. They then discuss what is expected from extra care housing, the lack of a single definition, and whether a single definition is desirable.
Baby boomers and adult ageing: issues for social and public policy
- Authors:
- BIGGS Simon, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Quality in Ageing, 8(3), September 2007, pp.32-40.
- Publisher:
- Pier Professional
- Place of publication:
- Brighton
This article provides a critical assessment of academic and policy approaches to population ageing with an emphasis on the baby boomer cohort and constructions of late-life identity. It is suggested that policy towards an ageing population has shifted in focus, away from particular social hazards and towards an attempt to re-engineer the meaning of legitimate ageing and social participation in later life. Three themes are identified: constructing the baby boomers as a force for social change, a downward drift of the age associated with 'older people' and a shift away from defining ageing identifies through consumption, back towards work and production. The article concludes with a discussion of the implications for future social and public policy.
New horizons research programme: the social exclusion of older people: future trends and policies: think piece
- Authors:
- WALKER Alan, et al
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department for Communities and Local Government
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 37p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
This report intends to examine how the landscape of social exclusion is likely to change over the next five to 15 years and the policy implications of these changes. It also aims to highlight the most promising policy options in seeking to combat present and future social exclusion among older people.
Working beyond 60: key policies and practices in Europe
- Author:
- REDAY-MULVIE Genevieve
- Publisher:
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 220p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Basingstoke
While the question to why work beyond sixty has now become obvious, the how and for whom questions are the real topic of this study. Work after sixty - if it is to be feasible and widespread - has to be on a part-time basis to meet the wishes and needs of workers and companies. This book provides an in-depth analysis of the growing importance of work beyond sixty and a comparative discussion of new policies in several EU Member States as well as of company practice.