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The quality of care services purchased by councils: 2010: technical report
- Author:
- CARE QUALITY COMMISSION
- Publisher:
- Care Quality Commission
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 45p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Councils spend nearly £8 billion each year on residential care and home care, which is over 70% of all their expenditure on adult care services. In November 2009, all 152 councils in England provided the Care Quality Commission (CQC) with data on the number of their residents for whom they purchased care in care homes in the period April to September 2009. This report links the data supplied to data on quality ratings for each care home. In addition, the councils reported to CQC in November 2009 on 317,000 adults for whom they had arranged home care with registered agencies in a week in the 6 months to 30 September 2009. The report provides a detailed analysis of the findings of these council returns. The data shows some variation in the quality of services purchased by councils. Councils purchased care for 230,000 adults in care homes. Eighty-six percent of these adults were living in care homes rated good or excellent. The percentage was lower (82%) for those in homes offering nursing care for older people. Ninety-three percent of adults whose home care was arranged or purchased by their council received a service from a home care agency rated good or excellent. Comparisons of the quality of care arranged by councils between September 2008 and September 2009 show that the percentage of people receiving care from services rated good or excellent has improved for both care homes and home care.
The quality of death: ranking end-of-life care across the world
- Author:
- ECONOMIST INTELLIGENCE UNIT
- Publisher:
- Economist Intelligence Unit
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 39p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Increasing longevity and ageing populations mean demand for end-of-life care is likely to rise sharply. Despite this, few nations, including rich ones with cutting-edge healthcare systems, incorporate palliative care strategies into their overall healthcare policy. The aim of this report is to highlight the parts of the world and areas of practice where most progress is being made and to assess where more work still needs to be done when it comes to improving the accessibility to and quality of end-of-life care globally. The report is based on 2 areas of research: the Economist Intelligence Unit’s ‘Quality of Death Index’, which ranks 40 countries in terms of the quality and availability of end-of-life care; and in-depth interviews with over 20 experts from across the world. The findings show that the UK has led the way in terms of its hospice care network and statutory involvement in end-of-life care, and ranks top of 40 countries measured in the Index. Funding is not the only barrier to the accessibility and quality of end-of-life care; other factors such as cultural taboos, lack of understanding, and the futile use of life-preserving medical technologies also hamper progress. Drug availability is the most important practical issue. Across the world an estimated 5 billion people lack access to opioids. High-level policy recognition and support is crucial to improve the quality of end-of-life care.
Statistics release: home care services, Scotland 2003
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Executive,
- Publisher:
- Scotland.Scottish Executive National Statistics
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 6p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Statistics release: home care services; Scotland 2002
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Executive,
- Publisher:
- Scotland.Scottish Executive National Statistics
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 6p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Part of their lives: community care for older people with dementia
- Authors:
- MORIARTY Jo, WEBB Sarah
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 126p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Bristol
Combines a review of existing literature with statistical analyses, case examples and the direct voices of users and carers, providing information on the experiences of a group of people with dementia and their carers over an eighteen month period. Attempts to address the concerns of an increasing number of people committed to improving the quality of dementia care.