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.

Making sure personal budgets work for older people: briefing

This review looks at key challenges to successful implementation of personal budgets for older people and has started to identify positive practice and solutions.

Co-production and participation: older people with high support needs

Part of Co-production

This is a summary of research literature on the participation and co-production of older people with high support needs. Benefits and barriers are identified and examples of good practice are listed. The conclusion offers recommendations for improving practice.

Co-production and participation: older people with high support needs

Part of Co-production

This briefing for commissioners of housing, social and health care services and service users summarises a literature review and good practice survey on the participation and co-production of older people with high support needs.

Avoiding unnecessary hospital admissions: the headlines

Part of Prevention and wellbeing

This film looks at the realities behind the headlines about older people and their use of hospital beds, and considers what steps could be taken to help avoid unnecessary admissions.

Avoiding unnecessary hospital admissions among older people: residential care

Part of Prevention and wellbeing

This film explores the steps that care homes can take to reduce the need for hospital admissions amongst residents despite their complex health care needs and high levels of dependency.

Avoiding unnecessary hospital admissions: the Wandsworth community ward

Part of Prevention and wellbeing

This film presents the Wandsworth Community Ward initiative, and explores how it helps keep older people out of hospital through contributions from team members, strategic managers and service users and carers.