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Tag Archives: Eligibility Criteria for Social Care
Unmet Social Care Needs of Older People Living in Their Own Homes (Ipsos MORI / NIHR / Age UK / NatCen Social Research / Independent Age)
Summary Ipsos MORI, in association with the NIHR School for Social Care Research, Age UK, NatCen Social Research and Independent Age, have produced a report exploring the nature and extent of “unmet needs” for social care among older persons living … Continue reading →
Posted in Age UK, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Mental Health, National, NIHR, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK NSC, Universal Interest
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Tagged Access to Health and Social Care Support, Adult Social Care, Adult Social Care Funding, Adult Social Care Funding (England), Adult Social Care in England, Advice and Information, Affordability of Care and Support, Ageing Population, Aids and Adaptations, Allison Dunatchik: NatCen Social Research, Assessments and Eligibility, Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS), Barriers and Facilitators in Lifestyle Change, Barriers to Joined-Up Care, Barriers to Support, Barriers: Access to Funding, Barriers: Inconsistency in Care Standards, Barriers: Lack of Continuity of Care, Care Act 2014, Care Funding, Caroline Abrahams: Director of Age UK, Commissioning of Domiciliary Care, Disability and Home Care in England’s Older Population, Domiciliary Care, Dr Margaret Blake: Research Director at Ipsos MORI, Eligibility, Eligibility Criteria for Social Care, Eligibility for Care, ELSA, ELSA: English Longitudinal Study of Ageing, English Local Authorities, English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA), Failing Safety Net (Age UK), Fair Access to Care Services (FACS) Eligibility Criteria, Financial Constraints, Financial Eligibility, Financial Issues, Financial Pressures, Health Survey for England, Health Survey for England (HSE), Help for Elderly Living at Home, Hidden Unmet Needs, Home Adaptations, Home Care, Home Care Funding and Costs, Home Care Organisations, Home Care Packages (HCP), Home Care Services, Home Care Standards, Home Care Support, Home Care: Commissioning, Housing Adaptations, Impact(s) of Unmet Needs, In-Depth Interviews With Older People, Independence, Independence and Wellbeing, Independence at Home, Independence of Older Adults, Independent Age, Independent Living At Home, Individual Care Plans (Complex Needs), Information and Advice, Information and Advice Services, Integrated Commissioning, Ipsos Mori, Ipsos Public Affairs, Janet Morrison (Chief Executive of Independent Age), Lack of Bespoke Information and Advice, LGA: Local Government Association, Living Alone, Local Authorities, Local Authority Contribution to Care Costs or Adaptations, Local Care Providers, Local Government Association: LGA, Local Service Providers, Loneliness and Social Isolation, Long-Term Care (LTC), Long-Term Conditions (LTCs), Loss of Confidence, Loss of Mobility, Loss of Purpose, Meaningful Activity and Occupation, Mobility Problems, NatCen Social Research, NatCen Social Research (NatCen), NatCen Social Research: University College London, National Minimum Eligibility Threshold for Adult Care and Support, Nature and Prevalence of Unmet Need for Social Care, NIHR School for Social Care Research, NIHR School for Social Care Research (SSCR), Older People With Complex Needs, Patterns of Experience and Factors Contributing to People Developing Care Needs, Personal Well-Being, Predictors of Unmet Need, Preventative Care, Preventative Interventions, Preventative Services, Prevention, Public Transport, Publicly Funded Support, Purpose in Life, Qualitative Research, Quantitative Secondary Analysis of English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA) Data, Quantitative Secondary Analysis of Health Survey for England (HSE) Data, Reduced Mobility, Reluctance to Admit Unmet Needs, Resilience, Social Care Funding, Social Care Funding Gap, Social Care Providers, Social Contacts, Social Isolation, Specialist Welfare Advice, Support for People with Complex Needs, Supporting Wellbeing Resilience and Independence, Transport and Mobility, Unmet Needs, Unmet Needs and Well-Being, Unmet Needs of Community-Dwelling Older Persons, Unmet Social Care Needs of Older People Living in Their Own Homes, Well-Being, Willingness to Pay for Care and Support
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Living With Dementia: Practical, Legal and Financial Considerations (Laker Legal Solicitors / Wright Hassall LLP)
Summary Coinciding with Dementia Awareness Week (May 17th – 23rd 2015), Laker Legal have commissioned an infographic explaining the practical, financial and legal considerations for people who have recently received a dementia diagnosis (and for the consideration of their loved … Continue reading →
Posted in For Carers (mostly), Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, Patient Information, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, UK
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Tagged Adult Social Care Eligibility Threshold, Adult Social Care Funding, Advice and Information, Assessments and Eligibility, Care Funding, Charging for Residential Accommodation Guide (CRAG), Continuing Care, Court of Protection, Deprivation of Capital, Eligibility Criteria for Social Care, Eligibility for Care, Enduring Power of Attorney, Financial Eligibility, Financial Issues, Financial Management, Financial Planning, Gifts, Guest Post: Laker Legal Solicitors (Living With Dementia - Practical Legal and Financial Considerations), Independence at Home, Information About Services, Information and Advice, Information and Advice Services, Information and Signposting Services, Information and Support for Patients and Carers, Information Needs of Carers, Information Needs of People with Dementia, Laker Legal Solicitors, Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA), Lasting Power of Attorney: Health and Welfare, Lasting Power of Attorney: Property and Affairs, Lasting Powers of Attorney, Legal Affairs, Legal Guide to Dealing With Dementia (Wright Hassall LLP), Legal Issues, Legal Services, Living Will, Living with Dementia, Living With Dementia: Financial Considerations, Living With Dementia: Legal Considerations, Living With Dementia: Practical Considerations, Maintaining Independence, Office of the Public Guardian, Paying for Care, Paying for Care and Support, Personal Finances, Powers of Attorney, Services Maximising Independence, Wills and Tax Planning, Wright Hassall LLP
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Care Act Goes Live: SCIE Resources / Guidance (BBC News / SCIE)
Summary The Care Act 2014 introduces the biggest shake-up in social care for 60 years. Full Text Link Reference Triggle, N. (2015). Care system gets ‘biggest shake-up in 60 years’. London: BBC Health News, April 1st 2015. There is a … Continue reading →
Posted in BBC News, Commissioning, Community Care, End of Life Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, SCIE, Scotland, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Ageing and Society, Ageing Population, Autonomy and Choice, BBC Cost of Care Project, BBC Health News, Better Care Fund (BCF), Care Act 2014, Care and Support, Care and Support Funding Reforms, Care and Support Planning, Care Costs: Cap and Means Test, Carer Support, Carer’s Needs Assessment, Carers' Assessments, Choice and Control Over Decisions, Consequences of the Francis Inquiry Report, Cost of Care Project (BBC News), Direct Payment, Direct Payments, Eligibility Criteria for Social Care, Information and Advice, Information and Advice Services, Informed Choices About Health and Social Care, Integrating Health and Social Care Personal Budgets, Integration, Integration of Health and Social Care, Local Authorities, Local Authorities (LAs), Local Care Providers, Local Service Providers, Maintaining Independence, Means Test, National Minimum Eligibility Criteria, National Minimum Eligibility Threshold, National Minimum Eligibility Threshold for Adult Care and Support, Needs Analysis, Needs Assessments, Needs of Carers, NHS Continuing Care, Public Bodies (Joint Working) Act (Scotland), Social Care, Social Care Funding, Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE), Social Care Reform, Support for Carers, Voice Choice and Control
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Recommendations for Improving End-of-Life Care (BBC News / House of Commons Health Committee)
Summary The House of Commons Health Select Committee has issued a report which makes a range of suggestions for improving end-of-life care. Many people still die in hospital, rather than their preferred place of death. It is proposed that social … Continue reading →
Posted in BBC News, Commissioning, Community Care, End of Life Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Access to Palliative and End of Life Care, Access to Services, Access to Social Services, Advance Care Planning, Advance Care Planning (ACP), BBC Health News, Bereavement Support, Beyond the Liverpool Care Pathway, Care in the Community, Childhood Bereavement Network, Cicely Saunders Institute, Cicely Saunders Institute: Kings College London, Community Care Services, Community Resourcing, Community-Based Care, Community-Based Interventions, Community-Based Palliative Care Service, Community-Based Services, Community-Based Support, Costs of Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA), DNACPR, DNACPR Documentation, Do Not Attempt Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Orders (DNACPR), Electronic Care Planning, Electronic Palliative Care Co-ordination Systems (EPaCCS), Eligibility Criteria for Social Care, End of Life Nursing (Community-Based), End-of-Life Care at Home, End-of-Life Care Delivered At Home, End-of-Life Care Pathways, End-of-Life Support, Equal Access to Care, Equality of Access, Fair Access to Care Services, Fast Track Pathway, Five Priorities for Care, Former Minister of Care Services Norman Lamb, Free Social Care Towards End-of-Life, House of Commons, House of Commons Health Committee, House of Commons Health Select Committee, Integrated and Community-Based Care, James Lind Alliance (JLA), LACDP: Leadership Alliance for the Care of Dying People, Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA), Leadership, Leadership Alliance for the Care of Dying People (LACDP), Local Leadership, Macmillan Cancer Support, National Council for Palliative Care (NCPC), National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)’s Quality Standard on End of Life Care, NHS Continuing Healthcare Fast Track Pathway, Norman Lamb MP (Former Minister of State for Care and Support), Palliative and End of Life Care, Palliative and End of Life Care Priority Setting Partnership, Palliative and End-of-Life Care at Home, Palliative and End-of-Life Care in Hospices, Palliative Care Funding Review, Palliative Care Funding Review (PCFR), Parliament, Parliamentarians, Preferred Place of Death, Quality of End of Life Care in Different Settings, Research into Palliative and End of Life Care, Sarah Wollaston: Chair of the House of Commons Health Select Committee, Specialist Palliative Care Services (SPC), UK Parliament, Workforce Planning and Development
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Dementia Today and Tomorrow (Deloitte / Alzheimer’s Society)
Summary This report, from the Deloitte UK Centre for Health Solutions in collaboration with the Alzheimer’s Society, summarises the emerging consensus and outcomes developed from a series of events and initiatives which aimed to collect the views of people interested … Continue reading →
Posted in Alzheimer's Society, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, Diagnosis, End of Life Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged 15-Minute Home Care Visits, Access and Equity For Care Home Residents to Local NHS Services, Access to Care, Acute Hospital Care, Admissions to Nursing Care, Admissions to Residential Care, Adult Social Care Funding, Ageing and Dementia, Ageing and Society, Ageing Policy in the UK, Ageing Population Carer Support, Alternatives to Hospital Admission, Alternatives to Hospital Care, Alzheimer’s Society Carers Café’s, Amanda Scott: Managing Director of Sunrise Senior Living, Anne-Marie Hamilton: Strategic Programmes at Public Health England, Assistive Technology, Avoidable Hospital Admissions, Awareness Campaigns, Baroness Sally Greengross (APPG on Dementia), Baroness Sally Greengross: Chief Executive of the International Longevity Centre UK, Benefits of Telehealth, Better Care Fund (BCF), Bradford Dementia Group, Building on the National Dementia Strategy, Capitation Bsed Funding Models, Care Act 2014, Care Funding, Care Home Residents, Care Homes, Care in the Community, Care Packages, Care Quality Commission (CQC), Career Pathways for HCAs, Carer Support Services, Carers' Career Pathways, Carers' Career Progression, Challenge on Dementia (David Cameron), Challenges of Reconfiguration, Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), Commissioning Home Care, Commissioning of Homecare Services, Community Support Services, Continuing Care, Cross-Boundary Care Pathway Redesign, Cross-Sector Partnerships, David Cameron, Deborah Sturdy: Red and Yellow Care, Deloitte LLP (“Deloitte”), Deloitte UK Centre for Health Solutions, Dementia Action Alliance (DAA), Dementia Advisers, Dementia Advisor, Dementia Advisor Service, Dementia Advisor Services, Dementia Advisors, Dementia Awareness, Dementia Awareness Training, Dementia Care in Care Homes, Dementia Care in Hospitals, Dementia Challenge, Dementia Friendly Communities Dementia Friends, Dementia Friends, Dementia Friends Campaign, Dementia Friends Champions, Dementia Friends Programme, Dementia Health and Care Champion Group, Dementia Information Prescription, Dementia Pathway Re-Configuration, Dementia Research, Dementia Risk Factors, Dementia Today and Tomorrow (Deloitte), Dementia-Friendly Care Homes, Dementia-Friendly Cities, Dementia-Friendly Communities, Department of Health Dementia Challenge, Department of Health Dementia Challenge (2020), Digital Technology, Dignity in Care, Dignity in Dementia, Disease Modifying Treatment by 2025 (Aim), Dr Martin McShane: NHS England’s Director for People With Long Term Conditions, Early Diagnosis, Eligibility Criteria for Social Care, Emerging Technology, Enabling Technology, End-of-Life Support, English National Dementia Strategy, Extra Care Housing, Extra Care Housing and Dementia, Fair Access to Care Services (FACS) Eligibility Criteria, Family Carers, Five Year Forward View (NHS England), Free Care Home Places, Gavin Terry: Policy Manager at Alzheimer’s Society, George McNamara: Head of Policy and Public Affairs at Alzheimer’s Society, GP Access, Guidepost Trust’s Dementia Information Prescription, Health and Social Care Act (2012), Health and Social Care in the Community, Health and Social Care Integration, Health and Wellbeing Boards (HWBs), Health Care for Older Care Home Residents, Healthy Behaviours, Healthy Communities, Healthy Lifestyles Improving Care for People with Dementia, Helen O’Kelly: Strategic Clinical Network Assistant Lead (London Region) at NHS England, Hilary Evans: Charity Director of Alzheimer’s Research UK, Home Care, Home Care Funding and Costs, Homecare and Care Home Workers, Hospital Care, Hospitals and Care Homes "Speaking Dementia", House of Care Model, Inappropriate Hospital Admissions, Inappropriate Prescribing, Inappropriate Use of Antipsychotics in Dementia, Independence, Independence at Home, Independent Living At Home, Independent Living With Care, Informal Carers, Information and Support for Patients and Carers, Innovation for an Ageing Population, Integration of Health and Social Care, Involvement and Participation, Jeremy Hughes (Alzheimer’s Society Chief Executive), Jewish Care, Jill Rasmussen: Royal College of General Practitioners Dementia Champions, Join Dementia Research, Join Dementia Research: Recruitment Onto Dementia Studies Lifestyle Risk Factors, Jonathan Walden: Public Health England, Josie Dixon: Personal Social Services Research Unit at London School of Economics, Karen Taylor: Director of Centre for Health Solutions (Deloitte), Kristina Glenn: Director of Cripplegate Foundation, Lifestyle Risk Factors, Living Well with Dementia, Living Well with Dementia Research, Local Dementia Action Alliances, Local Dementia Action Alliances in England, Local Government, Local Health and Care Economies, Local Health and Care Services, Local Health and Wellbeing Boards, Local Health Economies, Local Variations, Loneliness and Dementia, Loneliness and Social Isolation, Maelenn Guerchet: King’s College London, Maintaining Independence, Making Hospital Admission the Option of Last Resort, Memory Loss, Mobile Technology, National Dementia Strategy, National Funding Streams for Training Social Care Staff, NDSE: National Dementia Strategy (for England), Needs of Older People Living in Care Homes, NHS Continuing Care, NHS England Five Year Forward View, NHS Five Year Forward View (5YFV), NHS Service Reconfiguration, Peer Support, Personal Budgets, Personalised Customised Care Packages, Peter Watson (Carer), Phil Hope: Former Minister of Care Services, PM Challenge on Dementia: Health and Care Champion Group Subgroup on Dementia and Homecare, Pooled Budgets (Pooled Funds), Pooled Funding, Post-Diagnosis Support, Prevalence of Dementia, Prevention, Prime Minister's Challenge on Dementia, Prime Minister's Office, Prime Minister’s Challenge On Dementia 2020, Prime Minister’s Dementia Challenge, Professor Dawn Brooker, Professor Murna Downs, Professor Sube Banerjee, Professor Sube Banerjee: Brighton & Sussex Medical School, Public Health, Public Health England (PHE), Public Participation in Research, Public Sector, Public Sector Outcomes, Quality of Care, Quality of Care Across the Course of Dementia, Quality of Care and Support, Quality of Care for People With Dementia, Recording Equipment, Recruitment of HCAs, Recruitment Training and Management of HCAs, Redesigning Services, Reducing Admissions to Nursing Care, Reducing Admissions to Residential Care, Reducing Inappropriate Use of Antipsychotics in Dementia, Reducing Stigma, Research and Innovation, Resource and Incentives, Risk Factors, Risk Factors for Alzheimer's Diseease, Risk Management, Roundtable Discussions on Dementia Issues (2014), Royal College of Psychiatrists, Sandra Evans: Fellow, Sarah Bickerstaffe: Institute for Public Policy Research, Sarah Bickerstaffe: Strategy Lead at Care Quality Commission, Sarah Pickup: Deputy Chief Executive at Hertfordshire County Council, Service Redesign, Sheena Wyllie: Director of Dementia Services at Barchester Healthcare, Skills for Care, Staying Independent, Support for Carers, Support to Care Home Residents, Surveillance to Monitor Care, Sustainable Care, Sustainable Health and Care Services, System Re-Design, Tackling Barriers to Innovation, Tamsin Berry: Head of Policy and Programmes at Public Health England, This is Me, Tim Curry: Royal College of Nursing, Timely Diagnosis, Training and Education, Unhealthy Behaviours, Unhealthy Lifestyles, Unhealthy Living, Unmet Needs, Unpaid Caregivers (Carers), Unpaid Carers, Value for Money, Variations in Quality of Care, wilderness, Workforce Development, Workforce Training, Worried About Your Memory, Years
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BBC’s Cost of Care Project (BBC News)
Summary The BBC has launched an online calculator, and guide, explaining how the care system for people aged over-65 works in England. It illustrates how much services might actually cost. Full Text Link Reference Holt, A. [and] Triggle, N. (2015). … Continue reading →
Posted in BBC News, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Local Interest, Management of Condition, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Northern Ireland, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Scotland, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest, Wales
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Tagged Adult Social Care, Adult Social Care Funding, Adult Social Care in England, Adult Social Care Services, Ageing and Dementia, Ageing and Society, Ageing Policy in the UK, Ageing Population, Ageing Related Support Systems for Healthy and Independent Living, Avoidable Hospital Admissions, BBC Cost of Care Project, BBC Health News, BBC’s Care Calculator, Better Care Fund (BCF), Cap on Care Costs, Capping Care Costs, Care Act 2014, Care Calculator (BBC News), Care Funding, Care Home Costs, Care Home Fees, Care in Crisis 2014 Report (Age UK), Care in Crisis Campaign (Age UK), Care Tax (So-Called Dementia Tax), Caregiver Support, Carer Support, Cost of Care Project (BBC News), Cost of Social Care for Older People, Council-Funded Services, Crisis Prevention, Cross-Country Comparisons, Dementia Care: Dementia Tax (Estimated), Dementia Tax, Dementia Tax (Alzheimer's Society), Devolution (UK), Dimensions of Inequity, Eligibility, Eligibility Criteria for Social Care, Eligibility for Care, Emergency Services, Factors Behind Increasing Emergency Admissions, Fair Access to Care Services (FACS) Eligibility Criteria, Financial Constraints, Financial Context, Geographical Variations, Health and Social Care Integration Fund, Health and Social Care Services, Health Inequalities, Home and Community Care Services, Home Care, Home Care Services, Home Care Shortfall, Home Care Standards, Home Care Support, Immediate Needs Annuities, Independence, Inequity, Information About Care and Support Options, Insurance Industry, Insurance Market and Other Financial Products, Integrated and Community-Based Care, Integrated Care and Support, Integrated Home and Community Care Services, Integrated Services, Integrated Teams, Integration, Integration of Health and Social Care, International Comparisons, International Health Care Comparisons, LGA: Local Government Association, Local Government Association, Maintaining Independence, Paying for Care, Paying for Care and Support, People Paying to Top Up Their Care, Policy Issues Posed by Devolution, Regaining Independence, Score Card: Age UK Statistics on Social Care, Self-Funders, Self-Funding, Services Maximising Independence, State Funded Social Care, Staying Independent, Support Before Crisis, Top-Ups (Additional Payments), Trends (Post Devolution), UK Country Comparisons, Variation Analysis, Variations in Quality of Care, Variations in Social Care Quality and Funding in UK
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Cuts to Adult Social Care (BBC News / Age UK)
Summary Using statistics, Age UK has shown that older people in England are being increasingly left “high and dry” by councils which have cut care and support. Spending on adult social care has fallen by £1.1 billion since 2010; hundreds … Continue reading →
Posted in Age UK, BBC News, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, National, NHS, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Adult Social Care, Adult Social Care Funding, Adult Social Care in England, Adult Social Care Services, Age UK’s Score Card: Statistics on Adult Social Care, Age UK’s Score Card: Statistics on Day Care Places, Age UK’s Score Card: Statistics on Day Care Spending, Age UK’s Score Card: Statistics on Equipment and Home Adaptations, Age UK’s Score Card: Statistics on Home Care, Age UK’s Score Card: Statistics on Meals on Wheels, Age UK’s Score Card: Statistics on State Funded Social Care, Ageing Related Support Systems for Healthy and Independent Living, Association of Director of Adult Social Services (ADASS), Avoidable Hospital Admissions, BBC Health News, Better Care Fund (BCF), Care Funding, Care in Crisis 2014 Report (Age UK), Care in Crisis Campaign (Age UK), Caregiver Support, Carer Support, Caroline Abrahams: Director of Age UK, Cost of Social Care for Older People, Council-Funded Services, Crisis Prevention, Eligibility, Eligibility Criteria for Social Care, Eligibility for Care, Emergency Services, Factors Behind Increasing Emergency Admissions, Fair Access to Care Services (FACS) Eligibility Criteria, Financial Constraints, Financial Context, Health and Social Care Integration Fund, Health and Social Care Services, Health and Social Care: Integration Transformation Fund, Home and Community Care Services, Home Care, Home Care Services, Home Care Shortfall, Home Care Standards, Home Care Support, Hospital Admissions, Inappropriate Hospital Admissions, Independence, Integrated and Community-Based Care, Integrated Care and Support, Integrated Home and Community Care Services, Integrated Services, Integrated Teams, Integration, Integration of Health and Social Care, LGA: Local Government Association, Local Government Association, Maintaining Independence, Population Winter Pressures, Preventable Hospital Admissions, Regaining Independence, Score Card: Age UK Statistics on Social Care, Services Maximising Independence, State Funded Social Care, Staying Independent, Support Before Crisis, Unnecessary Hospital Admissions, Winter Pressure Funding, Winter Pressures
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Unmet Needs: Inadequate Help for the Elderly Living at Home (BBC News / Independent Age / Strategic Society Centre)
Summary A report from the charity Independent Age and the Strategic Society Centre think tank presents statistical findings about how over two million older people in England struggle to cope in their own homes, due to difficulties with basic tasks … Continue reading →
Posted in BBC News, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, National, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Access to Health and Social Care Support, Activities of Daily Living (ADLs), Activities of Daily Living Impairments, Activities of Daily Living Scale, Adult Social Care, Adult Social Care Eligibility Threshold, Adult Social Care Funding, Adult Social Care in England, Assessments and Eligibility, BBC Health News, Benchmarking, Cap on Care Costs, Care Account, Care Act, Care Act 2014, Care Act: Mapping Identifying and Engaging Older Population Groups, Care Costs: Cap and Means Test, Care Funding, Census 2011, Commissioning of Domiciliary Care, Disability and Home Care in England’s Older Population, Domiciliary Care, Eligibility, Eligibility Criteria for Social Care, Eligibility for Care, ELSA, ELSA: English Longitudinal Study of Ageing, English Local Authorities, English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA), Estimating Eligible Need After the Care Act, Fair Access to Care Services (FACS) Eligibility Criteria, Financial Constraints, Financial Eligibility, Financial Eligibility and Means Test After 2016, Financial Issues, Financial Pressures, Help for Elderly Living at Home, Home Care, Home Care Funding and Costs, Home Care Organisations, Home Care Packages (HCP), Home Care Services, Home Care Standards, Home Care Support, Home Care: Commissioning, Implementing the Care Act: Mapping and Benchmarking the Older Population, Independent Age, Individual Care Plans (Complex Needs), Integrated Commissioning, Local Authorities, Local Care Providers, Local Service Providers, Loneliness and Social Isolation, Long-Term Care (LTC), Long-Term Conditions (LTCs), Lower and Upper Capital Limits, Means Test, National Eligibility Threshold, National Minimum Eligibility Threshold, National Minimum Eligibility Threshold for Adult Care and Support, Older People With Complex Needs, Preventative Care, Preventative Interventions, Preventative Services, Publicly Funded Support, Short Care Visits, Social Care Providers, Social Isolation, Strategic Society Centre, Support for People with Complex Needs, The Bigger Picture, Unmet Needs
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Cuts Make Social Care System Unsustainable? (BBC News / ADASS)
Summary According to the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS) approximately 90% of councils in England now offer social care only to people whose needs are assessed as substantial or critical. Full Text Link Reference ‘Cuts forcing English … Continue reading →
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Debate Over Eligibility Criteria for Social Care (BBC News)
Summary Campaigners have warned that thousands of people might find themselves locked-out of England’s care system as a result of draft government guidelines. Full Text Link Reference Care changes may mean thousands lose out, say charities. London: BBC Health News, … Continue reading →
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