Reshaping Care for Older People
2011
Report on the use of the Indicator of Relative Need
The Indicator of Relative Need (IoRN) tool is a set of carefully chosen questions and a classification system that relates to the responses to these questions. The purpose of this report was to find out what progress local authorities (and partner organisations) have made in implementing and using the IoRN tool.
IoRN Report [89Kb]
Community Capacity Building Brief
A short briefing note on community capacity building, coproduction and the reshaping care programme can be downloaded below.
Briefing Note [58Kb]
Supporting Outcomes for Older People
A new report published by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation and the Centre for Policy on Ageing examines the provision of care for older people and assesses how local authorities can maintain health outcomes in the face of budgetary pressure. Scotland's Telecare Development Programme, in which the JIT is deeply involved, is cited as a positive example.
Authorities Supporting Older People Summary [264Kb]
2010
Older and Better in Lanarkshire
The final evaluation report for the Older and Better project can be downloaded with appendices below.
Evaluation Report Final [2Mb]
Appendix 3 [2Mb]
Appendix 5 [590Kb]
NESTA Public Service Reform Reports
In 2009 and 2010, The National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts has produced a series of three reports examining options for reforming public service delivery. The group specifically looks at the potential of co-production to help build better and cheaper services from the ground up. These reports are of particular importance to those in the reshaping care programme.
All three reports can be accessed below:
The Challenge of Co-production [340Kb]
Putting Co-production Into Practice [382Kb]
Taking Co-production Into the Mainstream [355Kb]
2009
This summary provides evidence on how other nations have dealt with reforms to social and health care in response to demographic and fiscal challenges. Cited as part of the evidence base in the UK Green Paper, the summary document was very recently published by York University The study examined recent reforms and current debates about adult social care in five developed societies: Germany, Netherlands, Denmark, Australia and Japan.
You can access the report here.
You can also access a copy of the Ministerial Strategic Group's response to the UK Green Paper here.
MSG Response to Green Paper [131Kb]
2008
Overview of Evidence Relating to Shifting the Balance of Care
The aim of this report was to provide an overview of evidence to contribute to the debate on, and inform the development of, the policy on shifting the balance of care, which remains a key theme within health and community care policy, and is intended to bring about improvements in service delivery and health outcomes.
Overview of Evidence Relating to SBC [613Kb]
2007
Shifting Care Closer to Home
This report from the Department of Health details the progress then being made across England in shifting to a home-based model of care.
Shifting Care Closer to Home [889Kb]
2006
Making the Shift: Key Success Factors
This report details successes in shifting the balance of care into the community.
