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| Anchor Care team: an appraisal | | Author(s) | Ian Gibbs, Ken Wright |
| Corporate Author | Anchor Housing Trust |
| Publisher | Anchor Housing Trust, Oxford, 1997 |
| Pages | 36 pp (Anchor research 5) |
| Source | Research and Information Unit, Anchor Housing Trust, Anchor House, 269a Banbury Road, Oxford OX2 7HU. |
| Keywords | Sheltered housing ; Domiciliary services ; Community care ; Costs [care]. |
| Annotation | In 1989, the Anchor Care Team was set up in Newcastle with joint funding from the health authority and the local authority to provide support to frail older people in their own homes ( mostly in sheltered housing) at times when they required extra care. The aim was to enable older people to remain at home as long as practical and safe, to prevent frequent admissions to hospital and to ensure continuity of care at home. This report presents the findings of research into the cost of operating the Anchor Care Team, and an analysis of the costs of providing different packages of care to older people. In terms of cost, the Care Team compared favourably with local authority home care. The main strengths were found to be the ability to ensure that care plans were in place for new tenants; provision of support to tenants who have been discharged from hospital; and provision of flexible and intensive care in conjunction with statutory services. |
| Accession Number | CPA-971111209 B |
| Classmark | KLA: N: PA: QDC |
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