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Our turn next
— a fresh look at home support services for older people | | Author(s) | Melanie Henwood |
| Corporate Author | Community Care Division, Nuffield Institute for Health; Joint Initiative for Community Care; King's Fund |
| Publisher | Nuffield Institute for Health, Leeds, 1998 |
| Pages | 10 pp |
| Source | Nuffield Institute for Health, 71-75 Clarendon Road, Leeds LS2 9PL. |
| Keywords | Domiciliary services ; Community care ; Management [care] ; Costs [care] ; Registration eg homes, nursing homes ; Quality ; Reports. |
| Annotation | The community care reforms introduced in 1993 were intended to enable people to live as normal and independent a life as possible, however, there are concerns about domiciliary care which indicates that these objectives are not being met. This document outlines the main themes and issues discussed at a seminar organised by Joint Initiative for Community Care (JICC), the King's Fund and the Nuffield Institute for Health in London, 1997. Some major weaknesses in domiciliary care services are identified, relating to the nature of the services, and the commissioning, organisation and delivery of such services. The reasons for these problems, and ways of tackling them are outlined, focusing on: the tension between cost and quality in the social care market; the health and social care boundary; regulation and accreditation procedures; resource inadequacies; and tightening eligibility criteria for social care. The report concludes with recommendations for action by central government and local agencies. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-980825237 B |
| Classmark | N: PA: QA: QDC: Q3: 59: 6K * |
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