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Joint inspection of services for older people in Liverpool: June 2005
- Author:
- COMMISSION FOR HEALTHCARE AUDIT AND INSPECTION
- Publisher:
- Commission for Healthcare Audit and Inspection
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 43p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Towards an ageing society: final evaluation of HACT's older people's programme
- Authors:
- RISEBOROUGH Moira, FLETCHER Peter
- Publisher:
- Housing Association Charitable Trust
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 125p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Hact's Older People's Programme set out to improve housing for older people. Of the 19 projects that it funded, 17 achieved their targets. All worked with, as well as for the benefit of, older people, and listened closely to their views. All worked in partnership with other organisations, including housing associations, social services, health authorities, local authorities and representative bodies. This document includes insights about specific policy areas, lessons for programme funders, government and local authorities. Additional information about each of the policy areas is contained in a series of insight documents.
All dressed up
- Author:
- DOBSON Alex
- Journal article citation:
- Care and Health Magazine, 8.10.03, 2003, pp.10-11.
- Publisher:
- Care and Health
Local authorities have barely three months to implement new policies to ensure older people are moved out of hospitals quickly or face daily fines. Reports on how councils are meeting this challenge.
Getting the balance right
- Author:
- KING John
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 3.6.93, 1993, pp.18-19.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
According to national research conducted by Norfolk Hospital social work team, fewer than one in five local authorities have internal guidelines for social workers dealing with elder abuse. Where guidelines and procedures do exist it was often found that they were inadequate. Reports on the position of Sheffield SSD, Central Region SWD and Gloucestershire SSD with regard to practice guidelines for staff.
National funding for local projects: the issues for Age Concern and the local authorities
- Author:
- FRYER R.G
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health and Social Security. Social Services Inspect
- Publication year:
- 1987
- Pagination:
- 15p., diags.
- Place of publication:
- Nottingham
Extra care housing: is it really an option for older people
- Authors:
- DAWSON Laura, WILLIAMS Jacqetta, NETTEN Ann
- Journal article citation:
- Housing Care and Support, 9(2), October 2006, pp.23-29.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Extra care housing enables older people to remain in their 'own home', while providing appropriate housing and access to health and social care services that are responsive to their needs. This research explored the current levels of development and expansion of extra care housing in terms of the numbers of schemes and places and factors that contributed to and were problematic in its development. A stratified sample of 16 authorities was selected from 148 local authorities in England which had social services responsibilities: 13 agreed to participate. Each authority completed a brief form indicating its level of provision, and the leads were interviewed over the telephone. An opportunistic sample of three registered landlords was also selected. The findings illustrate that local authorities and the Government were united in their aims for developing extra care housing. However, the baseline for provision in the authorities was very limited in comparison with the number of care home places. Good working partnership between social services and housing departments was seen as the most significant factor in the successful development of schemes.
Inspection of social care services for older people: North Lincolnshire Council: July 2006
- Authors:
- HANSON Jean, GREEN Phil
- Publisher:
- Commission for Social Care Inspection. London
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 68p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Inspection of social care services for older people: Bristol City Council: June 2006
- Authors:
- CALLENS Sheila, PASCOE, Silu
- Publisher:
- Commission for Social Care Inspection. West Midlands
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 83p.
- Place of publication:
- Birmingham
English local authority powers, responsibilities and guidelines for managing the care home closure process
- Authors:
- WILLIAMS Jacquette, NETTEN Ann
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Social Work, 35(6), September 2005, pp.921-936.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
In England, the majority of older people living in care homes are publicly funded and the majority of publicly funded places are purchased from the independent sector. While the sector is subject to regulation, there is currently no statutory guidance aimed specifically at how care home closures are managed. This article reviews the powers and responsibilities of councils and the rights of residents during care home closures, before describing the prevalence and content of existing council guidelines. Just over a third of councils in England responded to inquiries and, of these, two-thirds reported having guidelines. This suggests that a considerable proportion of councils have no guidelines in place. Existing guidelines also varied. Differences included approaches to allocating responsibilities and providing help, and assessment to self-funding residents. The large number of arrangements and activities described suggest that some sort of plan or guidance is warranted to support the task of front line care managers. At the national level, the variation found in the guidelines combined with the lack of national guidance specific to closures suggests that clarification of councils’ legal responsibilities and powers during a care home closure is needed.
Supporting people in Wales: initial reviews for legacy supporting people projects: initial review guidance
- Author:
- WALES. Welsh Assembly Government
- Publisher:
- Wales. Welsh Assembly Government
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 39p.
- Place of publication:
- Cardiff
The guidance sets out four purposes for the initial review process, these are; To understand the strategic relevance of existing community care and older persons services; to develop and apply appropriate service specification for accommodation related support services; to identify the appropriate level of SPG funding to be allocated to each community care and older persons scheme;t o establish a contract between the local authority and providers of SPG funded service which sets out on-going funding levels and service specification for each scheme or project.