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The business case for LinkAge Plus
— research summary | | Author(s) | Peter Watt, Ian Blair |
| Corporate Author | Local Government Centre, Warwick Business School; Department for Work and Pensions - DWP |
| Publisher | Department for Work and Pensions, London, 2009 |
| Pages | 4 pp (Department for Work and Pensions Research summary) |
| Source | Paul Noakes, Commercial Support and Knowledge Management Team, 3rd Floor, Caxton House, Tothill Street, London SW1H 9HA. Website: http://www.dwp.gov.uk/asd/asd5/rrs-index.asp |
| Keywords | Services ; Coordination ; Interaction [welfare services] ; Citizenship ; Independence ; Participation ; Pilot. |
| Annotation | LinkAge Plus aimed to improve older people's well-being through stronger partnership working between central and local government and the voluntary and community sectors, better information and access to services, and putting older people at the forefront of service design and delivery. This research summary outlines the key findings of Research Report 573 based on research carried out by the Local Government Centre, Warwick Business School, on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP); the 84 pp full report is available to download from the website link given. It indicates the key findings on the costs and benefits of LinkAge Plus from across eight pilot areas (Gateshead, Leeds, Salford, Nottinghamshire, Tower Hamlets, Lancaster, Gloucestershire and Devon), which variously worked on themes such as around holistic service delivery and independence (e.g. falls prevention). Thus, there is no one LinkAge Plus model: each of the pilots took a different approach based on the needs of older people in their area. However, there were common themes based around stronger partnership working, better information and access to services, and putting older people at the centre of service design and delivery. Taken together, this can be said to represent a "LinkAge Plus approach". (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-100322001 B |
| Classmark | I: QAJ: QK6: IKC: C3: TMB: 4UC |
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