Bringing together the findings from the Caring Choices events and website, this report looks at possible solutions to the problem of funding long-term care. Caring Choices, a coalition of 15 organisations from across the long-term care system, aimed to raise awareness and encourage debate, as well as generate and test ...
This is one of a series of case studies exploring how individuals living in London have used the King's Fund Millennium Awards scheme to make a real difference to the health of others in their communities. According to the mental health charity MIND, one in four people in Britain will ...
As part of its National Strategy for Carers, the government has developed and approved a set of five quality standards for local services to support carers (family and friends looking after those who are sick, disabled, vulnerable or frail). This book is designed to help individuals, local groups and service ...
The King's Fund has analysed 142 local authority plans to use the Carers Special Grant to gain insight into implementation of national policy on carers. For the first time, Government ring-fenced funding to enable carers to take a break from caring as part of its overall strategy to support carers, ...
This item consists of two parts: firstly, a literature review covering the views of carers about the quality of services they receive; and secondly a report on work in progress on quality services. The report briefly outlines the general context for work on quality standards in service provision; highlights some ...
This guide has been produced to help local health services, local government, voluntary and independent agencies implement the National Strategy for Carers. It provides a detailed and practical look at the action needed by all agencies, from the NHS, local government and the voluntary and independent sectors, to meet national ...
The author states that the current development of a national carers' strategy is a significant milestone after two decades of campaigns and policy development to draw attention to the unpaid help that families and friends provide. Various questions are asked: how far have we travelled in meeting the needs of ...
This report presents interview and focus group findings in Tameside. It looks at carers' backgrounds, their experience of access to services, with special reference to the assessment process, and their views about services currently received. The 'Key Messages' section at the end summarises the carers' views about desirable outcomes and ...
This report presents interview and focus group findings in Southwark. It looks at carers' backgrounds, their experience of access to services, with special reference to the assessment process, and their views about services currently received. The 'Key Messages' section at the end summarises the carers' views about desirable outcomes and ...
This report presents interview and focus group findings in Hertfordshire. It looks at carers' backgrounds, their experience of access to services, with special reference to the assessment process, and their views about services currently received. The 'Key Messages' section at the end summarises the carers' views about desirable outcomes and ...