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Unmet needs for low-level services
Author(s)	Roger Clough, Jill Manthorpe, Les Bright
Journal title	Housing, Care and Support, vol 10, no 4, December 2007
Pages	pp 27-31
Source	Website: http://www.pavpub.com
Keywords	Services ; Domiciliary services ; Needs [elderly] ; Projects.
Annotation	This article draws on consultations with older people produced for a Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) study on the unmet need for low-level services among older people in England. This has been published as 'The support older people want and the services they need' (Clough et al, 2007). Since it was published, there have been significant changes to the social care scene. The Government has given further emphasis to individual budgets (now termed personal budgets); many local authorities have further restricted the criteria for eligibility to social care services; and publications such as Time to Care (CSCI, 2007) have highlighted the shortcomings of home care services, as well as their strengths and importance. More is known about older people's views of health and social care services ('Living well in later life'; Healthcare Commission, Audit Commission and Commission for Social Care Inspection, 2006). In this article, the authors set out to relate findings from their research to current realities. (KJ/RH).
Accession Number	CPA-080404206 A
Classmark	I: N: IK: 3E
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