Transcript Getting Switched On

Back to the Future?
Homecare Provision in the Era of
Personalisation
Lesley Rimmer, Chief Executive
Colin Angel, Head of Policy and Communication
UKHCA
ADASS
10th January 2009
What should we be aiming
for?
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A personalised approach.
Dignity for service users and staff – an essential
dyad
A variety of services – for person and their home
– an HR approach.
Including prevention, re-ablement, end of life
care at home, dementia care at home.
The Private Market Model
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Lack of information on what is supplied and at
what price.
Range of workers utilised.
Getting From Here to
There
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Highly specified and task oriented, rigid time
slots.
To outcomes focused flexible services embracing
a range of other inputs.
Working Together
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Recognising the real cost of care at home and
promoting sufficiency of supply.
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Trust between providers and purchasers.
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Resources to facilitate change.