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The Commission on Residential Care
— "a vision for care fit for the twenty-first century" | | Author(s) | Paul Burstow |
| Corporate Author | Commission on Residential Care; Demos |
| Publisher | Demos, London, 2014 |
| Pages | 271 pp |
| Source | Demos, Magdalen House, 136 Tooley Street, London SE1 2TU. E-mail: hello@demos.co.uk Website: www.demos.co.uk |
| Keywords | Care homes ; Extra care ; Very sheltered housing ; Reports. |
| Annotation | The Commission on Residential Care was set up in July 2013 to explore the future of residential care in its broadest sense, from care homes to extra care villages and supported living, for older and disabled people. The Commission sets out a vision for housing with care in the twenty-first-century, and outlines how existing housing with care should change to deliver this vision. This final report from the Commission draws on a range of evidence: surveys, interviews and focus groups with experts, care staff, disabled and older people and members of the public; site visits; and two calls for evidence. Chapter 2 details individual stories to show how providing the right housing with care option can improve people's lives. Drawing on the findings from an extensive literature review and focus groups, Chapter 3 looks at what disabled and older people want from housing with care now, and how this might change in the future. Chapter 4 identifies key challenges to housing with care, which include: business models; staff recruitment, retention, training and wages; negative public perceptions of housing with care; confusion over terminology; pressures of demographic change; and increased expectations of the sector. Chapter 5 describes examples of housing with care that work to ensure people gain and maintain independence and autonomy. The last two chapters set out how the Commissioners believe the existing housing with care offer could change to deliver this vision across financial, operational, governance and cultural aspects of care. The Commission recommends a number of measures to embed good practice and challenge public perceptions. These include more accurate definition of 'housing with care' throughout government policy; greater co-location of care settings with other community services such as colleges; the expansion of the Care Quality Commission's (CQC) role in inspecting commissioning practices; and promoting excellence in the profession through the introduction of a license to practice and a living wage. |
| Accession Number | CPA-150526011 B |
| Classmark | KW: QA:58D: KLA:58D: 6K |
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