When the new government announced plans earlier this year to continue the transformation of adult social care, emphasis was put on encouraging prevention, reablement and personalisation as a way of reducing dependency on the care services, and keep people healthier and independent in their own homes for longer.
The JIP works closely with the DH led Care Services Efficiency Delivery (CSED) programme, to help local authorities increase the range and use of reablement services with the purpose of:- preventing hospital admissions
- speeding up discharge from hospitals
- reducing the need for home care
- helping people to be as independent as possible and regain daily living skills helping people living in residential or nursing homes who would like to return to live in their own home.
Spending on home support averages £6,000 per head each year. With current requirements for local authorities to reduce public spending, and growing pressure to meet the needs of a rapidly increasing ageing population, reablement and preventative services present a cost effective and efficient approach to caring for older vulnerable adults.
Tony Oakman
Director of Adult Social Care
Health and Community
Stoke on Trent City Council
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