Real Choice, Real Voice, Older People in Control

"Real choice, real voice: older people in control" from Counsel and Care (UK) looks at how care services can be reshaped to deliver the goals of the health and social care "White Paper Our health, our care, our say". The smarter commissioning of advice, advocacy and information, early intervention, Individual Budgets and Direct Payments, and telecare, the paper argues, are key to delivering the original Independence, well-being and choice vision set out by the Government.
The report also discusses the role of the third sector in deliverying services, and exmaines how organisations from all sectors, including private providers, can better meet the needs and aspirations of older people, their families and carers.
Recommendations are made for action by central and local government, service providers, and commissioners.
http://www.counselandcare.org.uk/assets/library/documents/RCRVfinal.pdf