Adult Care Services Flashcards
(10 cards)
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
