Showing posts with label residential care. Show all posts
Showing posts with label residential care. Show all posts

Wednesday, 12 March 2014

Making our health and care systems fit for an ageing population

"Improving services for older people requires us to consider each component of care, since many older people use multiple services, and the quality, capacity and responsiveness of any one component will affect others."

Making our health and care systems fit for an ageing population
D Oliver, C Foot, R Humphries
The King's Fund
March 2014


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Monday, 5 August 2013

Commissioning for carers

"Commissioning well for carers can:

  • Reduce admissions to hospital and residential care.
  • Reduce the costs of delays in transfers of care.
  • Reduce carers’ need to access primary care as a result of their caring role.
  • Reduce overall spending on care."

Commissioning for Carers: Key principles for Clinical Commissioning Groups
Carers Trust
July 2013

Read more here.