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Older people with high support needs
— how can we empower them to enjoy a better life | | Author(s) | Imogen Blood |
| Corporate Author | Joseph Rowntree Foundation - JRF |
| Journal title | Round-up: Reviewing the evidence, 2543, October 2010 |
| Publisher | Joseph Rowntree Foundation, October 2010 |
| Pages | 16 pp (Ref: 2543) |
| Source | http://www.jrf.org.uk/publications/better-life-hig... Joseph Rowntree Foundation, The Homestead, 40 Water End, York YO30 6WP. Contact: abetterlife@jrf.org.uk; for the latest information: www.jrf.org.uk/better-life |
| Keywords | Advocacy ; Needs [elderly] ; Rights [elderly] ; Quality of life ; Research Reviews. |
| Annotation | In 2009, the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) launched A Better Life, a new research programme focusing on how we can improve the quality of life of older people with high support needs. This Round-up draws out the key messages from 11 reviews commissioned for the programme's first phase, along with other relevant research recently commissioned by JRF. Older people with high support needs live in a range of settings including care homes or nursing homes, sheltered housing, and in their own or relatives' homes. Many live in substandard private sector housing, and an increasing number live alone. Among the challenges posed by these settings and considered in the research are: affordability; navigating the system; dementia and mental capacity; social isolation; recruiting and retaining a skilled workforce; involving and supporting carers; and end-of-life care. Improving quality of life could involve simple changes to how services are run; and examples of innovative models of care in respect of personalisation and assistive technology are suggested. The full report, 'Equality and diversity and older people with high support needs' by Imogen Blood and Sally-Marie Bamford, considers what we know about the needs and situations of older people with high support needs from different equality groups, and the barriers they commonly face in service provision. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-101006002 E |
| Classmark | IQ: IK: IKR: F:59: 3A:6KC |
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