Commissioning home care for older people

This guide is aimed at health and social care commissioners of home care services for older people with complex needs.

Older people and quality of life: better life in residential care

A film that shows older people with high support needs who live in a care home. They talk about what is important in their lives and how they like to be treated.

Older people and quality of life: better life in the community

This video for older people care services and social workers, shows older people with high support needs who live in the community. They talk about what is important in their lives and how they like to be treated. It is based around the Joseph Rowntree Foundation’s A Better Life programme.

Home care: commissioning for older people with complex needs

This film for commissioners of home care highlights the importance of commissioning good quality person-centred home care for older people with complex needs.

Better life for older people with high support needs: the role of social care

This briefing summarises the seven challenges set out by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation’s A Better Life programme which will help older people with high support needs achieve a better quality of life.

Fair access to care services (FACS): prioritising eligibility for care and support

Fair Access to Care Services: a guide about prioritising eligibility for care and support

GP services for older people: a guide for care home managers

GP services for older people: a guide for care home managers. This guide supports partnership working between care home staff and GPs to improve access for residents to good medical services.

Maximising the potential of reablement

Part of Reablement

A practice guide to support the commissioning and delivery of high-quality, cost-effective reablement services.

Enhancing staff development through supervision

This film for social care supervisors and staff is about how staff skills are enhanced through supervision for staff working in care homes for older people.

Improving personal budgets for older people: a research overview

This short report is an evidence overview of key pieces of UK research between 2007 and 2012, which focused on the implementation and uptake of personal budgets and direct payments for older people (including those with dementia) in England. It is not a systematic research review or an exhaustive examination of published research on the topic. Rather, it aims to give an overview of the main themes of research findings which help to identify the challenges and solutions to improving choice and control for older people (including those living with dementia) through the use of personal budgets and direct payments. Issues covered include: culture and system change; making choices and decisions; information and advice; direct payments and support services; understanding allowance and spend; budget management, monitoring and review; risk management and contingency planning; and older people living with dementia.