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Older people's services
This section is intended primarily as a resource for local NHS organisations and local councils to help deliver higher quality services for older people. We also hope it will be useful to older people and their carers.
Reconfiguring our specialist services to bring care closer to home will make a big difference to the lives of older people and their families, according to Professor Ian Philp, National Director for Older People.
The Dignity in Care initiative has been set up to ensure all older people are treated with dignity when using health and social care services. As well as running a series of events, nationwide, for people to tell us their views we are also keen to find out how you feel about the services you use.
Next steps in implementing the National Service Framework for Older People
A new ambition for old age: Next steps in implementing the National Service Framework for Older People
This report sets out the priorities for the second phase of the Government’s 10-year National Service Framework (NSF) for Older People.
A new ambition for old age: Next steps in implementing the National Service Framework for Older People: A resource document
This resource document provides supporting information for the next steps in implementing the NSF for Older People.
This booklet provides information about all the projects that are supporting implementation of Standard 4 (General Hospital Care) of the NSF for Older People.
In response to the National Audit Office report on stroke services, Liam Byrne, the Minister for Care Services, and the Stroke Association have issued a joint statement setting out the shared vision for stroke services.
This document marks the start of a new initiative to combine forces across mental health and older people’s services to ensure that older people with mental illness do not miss out on the improved services that younger adults or those without mental illness have seen. It provides a vision for how all mainstream health and social care services, with the support of specialist services, should work together to secure better mental health for older adults, and describes how the Department of Health is aiming to help deliver this.
Partnerships for Older People Projects is about developing radical new approaches to the way in which we deliver services for older people. Promoting health, well-being and independence to reduce reliance on acute or institutionalised care lies at the very heart of this programme. It is undoubtedly a shared aim and if done in the right way, there can be no losers. Older people with the NHS, Social Care, Local Government, the voluntary, independent and community sectors all have an important part to play in driving forward reform and modernisation and all stand to benefit.
Telecare offers the promise of enabling thousands of older people to live independently, in control and with dignity for longer.
Better Health in Old Age
Report from Professor Ian Philp, National Director for Older People’s Health to Secretary of State for Health
The National Service Framework for Older People, launched in March 2001, set, for the first time, national standards for better, fairer and more integrated health and social care services for older people. This report highlights progress over the past three years and sets out the vision for the future
Better Health in Old Age - resource document
This document aims to provide a resource for NHS and Social Care staff involved in the implementation of the NSF. It should be read in conjunction with ‘Better Health in Old Age – A progress Report’.
The NSF for older people was published on 27 March 2001. It sets new national standards and service models of care across health and social services for all older people, whether they live at home, in residential care or are being looked after in hospital.
Recent developments and publications about older people's services and the older people's NSF.
The older people's services NSF set out eight nationwide standards to aim for. Find further details of the eight standards, reports on progress made so far, and examples of good local practice.
Champions are people with a desire to improve older people's services. They're willing to work together and use their influence to stand up for the interests of older people.
This is a practical guide for lay people who are older people's champions.
Key publications about older people’s services, including the older people's national service framework and associated documents.
An Individual Budget is designed to provide individuals who currently receive services greater choice and control over their support arrangements. The government is committed to piloting individual budgets with a view to rolling them out nationally should they prove successful. The individual budgets pilot project is a cross government initiative led by the Department of Health working closely with the Department for Work and Pensions and the Department of Communities and Local Government.
Older people can remain independent and enjoy living in their own homes for as long as possible with appropriate support and care. Well-maintained, warm, secure and suitable housing can help prevent unnecessary admissions to hospital or institutional care.
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