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How can local authorities with less money support better outcomes for older people?
Year of publication: 2011Author: Centre for Policy on Ageing
Publisher: Joseph Rowntree Foundation
Summary:
The importance of prevention and promoting the social inclusion of older people is widely accepted yet despite this, funding for low-level support is at greater risk given restricted budgets and growing demands for social care.
This paper draws on evidence and includes befriending as one of the valued interventions that older people like. It argues that local agencies should work together and with community and voluntary sector groups and providers shape a local market and networks of self-help and support, thinking beyond conventional ‘social care’. Central to this is a sharper focus on the assistance that older people need and choose, on their experiences and on involving older people in designing support.
Link to document: www.jrf.org.uk/sites/files/jrf/authorities-supporting-older-people-summary.pdf
