Adult Care Services Flashcards
What do adult care services do?
They provide support for the elderly in their own homes to reduce pressure on hospitals and care homes
Aim = improve cost effectiveness & provide choice for service users
Main services accessed via councils’ adult services
- Home modifications
- Help with shopping & household
- Respite care
- Day care
- Hot meals
- Home help
- Cheap travel
- Disabled parking badges
- Delivered by charities, voluntary agencies or private sector
Issues
- Quality of care
- Ageing population
- Increase in numbers suffering from Dementia
- Funding gap in social care
- Transfer funds/responsibilities from NHS
- Use of private sector
- Use of voluntary sector
- Inadequate payments from councils to cover cost of residential care for the elderly
Funding
Cap of £72,000
= Max sum anyone expected to pay for personal care over lifetime
Capital less than £17,000
= Councils have to offer those with personal wealth of less than £23,250 option of deferred payments
Capital threshold
= £118,000
Funding
Cap of £72,000
= Max sum anyone expected to pay for personal care over lifetime
Capital less than £17,000
= Councils have to offer those with personal wealth of less than £23,250 option of deferred payments
Capital threshold
= £118,000
Regulation & Monitoring
Care quality commission (CQC)
- Gives a star rating
- Inspections (day centres, care homes & nurses’ agencies)
NICE
National Institute for clinical health & excellence
= Provides advice on improving quality and standards
Council services VS NHS - bed-blocking
Bed-blocking is where councils struggle to find care home places for the elderly due to leaving hospital.
Half of over-65s need long term care.
Community care act 2003
NHS hospitals may find councils £120 a day for every ‘blocked’ bed.
Care act 2014
Direct payments
Personal Budgets
Care & Support plan
Assessment for all
