From the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, written by the UK Centre on Policy on Ageing, this "Solutions" document provides examples of imaginative, affordable and effective ways of supporting older people’s health, well-being, social engagement and independence.
The projects demonstrate the importance of:
The projects demonstrate the importance of:
- involving people who use support and services in shaping them;
- investing in collective solutions, small grants or seed-funding for self-help groups, and developing local markets to provide the support people want and value;
- greater emphasis on the assistance that older people need and choose, and their experiences rather than on conventional social care and/or services;
- developing place-based approaches that reflect the whole of people's lives, and delivering value for money, for example by including transport, leisure, and fire and rescue services to co-ordinate support.
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