Housing Care and Support, 3(3), September 2000, pp.15-19.
Publisher:
Emerald
Addresses issues raised in this Journal (Vol.3, Issue 1) on the relationship between supporting people and neighbourhood renewal. Using findings from an action-research project, it argues the case for placing community care within a social inclusion framework which uses a community development approach.
Addresses issues raised in this Journal (Vol.3, Issue 1) on the relationship between supporting people and neighbourhood renewal. Using findings from an action-research project, it argues the case for placing community care within a social inclusion framework which uses a community development approach.
Subject terms:
older people, physical disabilities, policy, social exclusion, action research, carers, communities, community care, community development;
Statistics on service provision in Scotland to older people, people with learning disabilities, people with mental health problems, disabled people, carers and other users. Provides figures on domiciliary care, day care , residential care, private nursing homes, hospitals and special needs housing for each user group.
Statistics on service provision in Scotland to older people, people with learning disabilities, people with mental health problems, disabled people, carers and other users. Provides figures on domiciliary care, day care , residential care, private nursing homes, hospitals and special needs housing for each user group.
Subject terms:
home care, housing, learning disabilities, mental health problems, older people, physical disabilities, residential care, social services, statistical methods, carers, community care, day services, health care;
As part of the 2001 Scottish Social Attitudes Survey, the Scottish Executive funded a module of 40 questions on the attitudes of people in Scotland to a range of community care issues. Interviews were completed with 1605 individuals across Scotland. Three quarters of respondents felt comfortable about living next door to a frail older person and more than half about living next door to a person with a learning disability. Less than half, however, felt comfortable about living next door to a person with mental illness or with dementia. Respondents were strongly in favour of individuals with support needs living in the community rather than in care homes or hospitals. This view was most common for a person with a learning disability and least common (but still the majority) for a person with dementia. Most people interviewed thought that a person with a mental illness or a learning disability should not serve on a jury. Support needs, it was felt, should in the main be met by paid workers. The exception was for the person with a learning disability needing to be accompanied to a club where the potential contribution of family members and volunteers was cited. A substantial majority considered the funding of support to be the responsibility of the government. Respondents with personal experience of care were even more likely than others to take this view. There was strong support for individuals remaining within their own homes when this was their wish, even when this was a more expensive option. Only a fifth of respondents thought that those able to pay should be able to access better quality provision, suggesting strong support for equity. Respondents expressed a willingness to pay higher taxes to generate funds for increased expenditure on health, support for older people and pensions. The top priorities for additional government spending on older people were home helps, special housing provision, and district nurses.
As part of the 2001 Scottish Social Attitudes Survey, the Scottish Executive funded a module of 40 questions on the attitudes of people in Scotland to a range of community care issues. Interviews were completed with 1605 individuals across Scotland. Three quarters of respondents felt comfortable about living next door to a frail older person and more than half about living next door to a person with a learning disability. Less than half, however, felt comfortable about living next door to a person with mental illness or with dementia. Respondents were strongly in favour of individuals with support needs living in the community rather than in care homes or hospitals. This view was most common for a person with a learning disability and least common (but still the majority) for a person with dementia. Most people interviewed thought that a person with a mental illness or a learning disability should not serve on a jury. Support needs, it was felt, should in the main be met by paid workers. The exception was for the person with a learning disability needing to be accompanied to a club where the potential contribution of family members and volunteers was cited. A substantial majority considered the funding of support to be the responsibility of the government. Respondents with personal experience of care were even more likely than others to take this view. There was strong support for individuals remaining within their own homes when this was their wish, even when this was a more expensive option. Only a fifth of respondents thought that those able to pay should be able to access better quality provision, suggesting strong support for equity. Respondents expressed a willingness to pay higher taxes to generate funds for increased expenditure on health, support for older people and pensions. The top priorities for additional government spending on older people were home helps, special housing provision, and district nurses.
Subject terms:
independence, housing, learning disabilities, legal proceedings, older people, neighbours, physical disabilities, severe mental health problems, social care provision, surveys, community care, dementia;
Statistics on service provision in Scotland to older people, people with learning disabilities, people with mental health problems, disabled people, carers and other users. Provides figures on domiciliary care, day care , residential care, private nursing homes, hospitals and special needs housing for each user group.
Statistics on service provision in Scotland to older people, people with learning disabilities, people with mental health problems, disabled people, carers and other users. Provides figures on domiciliary care, day care , residential care, private nursing homes, hospitals and special needs housing for each user group.
Subject terms:
home care, housing, learning disabilities, mental health problems, older people, physical disabilities, residential care, social services, statistical methods, carers, community care, day services, health care;
Statistics on service provision in Scotland to older people, people with learning disabilities, people with mental health problems, disabled people, carers and other users. Provides figures on domiciliary care, day care , residential care, private nursing homes, hospitals and special needs housing for each user group.
Statistics on service provision in Scotland to older people, people with learning disabilities, people with mental health problems, disabled people, carers and other users. Provides figures on domiciliary care, day care , residential care, private nursing homes, hospitals and special needs housing for each user group.
Subject terms:
home care, housing, learning disabilities, mental health problems, older people, physical disabilities, residential care, social services, statistical methods, carers, community care, day services, health care;
Part of a 6 volume package containing all the guidance issued by the Social Work Services Group and the Social Work Services Inspectorate of the Scottish Office to local authorities from 1967 which is still in force. All other circulars and guidance issued by the SWSG since that date have been cancelled. All the volumes are designed to be updated when new circulars are issued. This volume contains sections 3-10 on community care. These are: choice of accommodation; commissioning and purchasing; complaints; dementia; disabled people; day services; domiciliary care; and health.
Part of a 6 volume package containing all the guidance issued by the Social Work Services Group and the Social Work Services Inspectorate of the Scottish Office to local authorities from 1967 which is still in force. All other circulars and guidance issued by the SWSG since that date have been cancelled. All the volumes are designed to be updated when new circulars are issued. This volume contains sections 3-10 on community care. These are: choice of accommodation; commissioning and purchasing; complaints; dementia; disabled people; day services; domiciliary care; and health.
Subject terms:
local authorities, nursing homes, older people, physical disabilities, purchaser-provider split, residential care, social services, care homes, community care, commissioning, day services, dementia, health care;
Respite care is often made from bits and pieces from services which are meant to be integrated, but not at the top of many agendas. This means that respite care uses borrowed funding and secondhand policies and practices. A survey in Scotland examined four types of respite care: hospital, residential, family-based, and domiciliary for seven main groups: older people, people with dementia, those with mental health problems, and children and adults with learning and physical disabilities, to find out the reality for carers. Also explores the possibilities for improving services for them.
Respite care is often made from bits and pieces from services which are meant to be integrated, but not at the top of many agendas. This means that respite care uses borrowed funding and secondhand policies and practices. A survey in Scotland examined four types of respite care: hospital, residential, family-based, and domiciliary for seven main groups: older people, people with dementia, those with mental health problems, and children and adults with learning and physical disabilities, to find out the reality for carers. Also explores the possibilities for improving services for them.
Subject terms:
home care, hospitals, learning disabilities, older people, physical disabilities, residential care, short break care, social care provision, surveys, carers, community care, children, dementia;