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Advancing opportunity
— older people and social care | | Author(s) | Neil Churchill |
| Corporate Author | Smith Institute |
| Publisher | The Smith Institute, London, 2008 |
| Pages | 144 pp |
| Source | The Smith Institute, 4th Floor, 30-32 Southampton Street, London WC2E 7RA. Website: www.smith-institute.org.uk |
| Keywords | Services ; Needs [elderly] ; Coordination ; Social policy. |
| Annotation | Named after the late John Smith, Labour Party leader 1992-94, the Smith Institute is an independent think tank that looks at issues arising from the changing relationship between social values and economic imperatives. This book comprises twelve chapters by eminent contributors on aspects of social care policy and older people. Melanie Henwood looks at the social care debate since the Royal Commission on Long Term Care, while David Brindle asks what consumers want from care. Alison Macadam sets out a rights-based approach to improving older people's life chances; and Gordon Lishman considers the need to improve quality, referring to respect and dignity. Anne McDonald gives a local government perspective on initiatives such as individual budgets and Partnerships for Older People (POPPs). Stephen Hadrill proposes measures to broaden the private market for care insurance; Jill Manthorpe asks about the workforce needed to deliver social care; and Richard Berthoud and Ruth Hancock review disability benefits and paying for care. Stephen Burke suggests that better provision of information, advice and advocacy services could empower older people. The reform agenda is examined by Caroline Glendinning in terms of the lessons from other countries; Lord Bruce-Lockhart asks about the kind of services needed, and the funding required in response to demographic change and change in service demand; and Sir Derek Wanless sums up the projects for reform, in the light of his King's Fund report, 'Securing good care for older people'. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-080303002 B |
| Classmark | I: IK: QAJ: TM2 |
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