Tag Archives: older people
The Care Bill
The Care Bill builds on the draft Care and Support Bill published last year. All the major elements of the draft bill remain – wellbeing, prevention, carers’ rights, choice and personalisation. Most of the changes from the draft bill are around the detail, but nevertheless will involve some reconsideration by local authorities. Changes include:
• greater emphasis on promoting prevention
• more focus on supporting people who are not eligible for state-funded support
• details about implementing the cap on care costs
• new responsibilities for local authorities and the Care Quality Commission (CQC) on provider failures
• a new power for safeguarding adults boards but no powers of entry for social workers.
The Care Bill will be subject to detailed scrutiny as it passes through the Lords over the summer. Overall, this legislation will require a massive change for local authorities with adult social care responsibilities, all at a time of major budget pressure. Documents relating to the Care Bill can be accessed through the Care Bill page of the Department of Health website.
A Good Death: the role of the local authority in end of life care
This briefing outlines the findings of a new LGiU report, supported by Home Group. ‘A Good Death: the role of the local authority in good end of life care’ looks at the role of local authorities in end of life care provision and considers how councils can best develop their part in this important service provision.
Equality Act 2010: The ban on age discrimination in services and the exceptions
This briefing outlines the ban on age discrimination in the provision of goods, facilities and services which comes into force on 1 October 2012, and provides links to some useful resources.
Final report of the Commission on Improving Dignity in Care for Older People
This briefing summarises and comments on the recently published final report of the Commission on Dignity in Care for Older people and its recommendations.
The briefing will be of interest to health and social care commissioners, councillors with a health and/or social care remit, members of Health and Wellbeing Boards and local authority health scrutiny committees.
C’llr Awards 2012: Age UK Pride of Place Award
(Guest blog post by Age UK, first appeared at http://ageukblog.org.uk/2011/11/07/do-you-know-a-councillor-who-deserves-an-award/#more-1320.) Recent research for Age UK showed that more than half of people over the age of 60 say they have never had contact with their local councillor. Yet despite this lack …
BBC News 24 coverage of LGiU’s Supporting People report
BBC coverage of LGiU’s Supporting People report from Rob Dale on Vimeo. New research published by the LGiU has found that almost 9 out of 10 local authorities say that cuts to housing support ‘will put vulnerable people at risk’ …
REPORT: Promoting Independence: the future of housing related support
Since 2003, the Supporting People programme has funded a wide range of housing related support services that help vulnerable people to manage their accommodation and live independently. This includes offering life-skills training, mediating in neighbourhood disputes, providing support to older …
BASW report is misguided: social work needs leadership not legislation
Update: Andy’s comments have been written up in Community Care. I have argued in the media, including here in the Independent and here in the Guardian, that social work is an overworked, underpaid and undervalued profession, when any reasonable comparison …
Social care: who pays?
I went along to the launch of a new report by UNISON on personalisation yesterday. The report, written by senior academics at Bristol University, argues that underfunding is leading to increased privatisation and plummeting standards. The report calls for a …
Social Care Green Paper update
The Green Paper is out. This is what we are saying: We welcome the publication of the Shaping the Future of Care Together green paper, which has outlined plans to provide a more sustainable and fairer social care system. The …
