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Joint Commissioning Strategy for Older People 'Ageing Well In Ageing Well in Aberdeenshire Joint Commissioning Strategy for Older People 2013 - 2023 February 2013 CONTENTS Executive Summary 5 1. Introduction and Objectives of Strategy 11 1.1 Our Vision12 12 1.2 Definition of commissioning and citizen input 12 1.3 Joint Planning Arrangements 12 1.4 Equalities Intentions 13 1.5 Facts & Figures 13 2. National Policy Drivers 14 2.1 Reshaping Care for Older People 14 2.2 Managing Long term Conditions and Self care 15 2.3 Unscheduled Care 15 2.4 Personalisation, Choice and Control 16 2.5 Outcome Focused Care 17 2.6 Early Intervention and Prevention 17 2.7 Planning and Delivering Integrated Health and Care 18 2.8 Rehabilitation and Enablement 18 2.9 Dementia 19 2.10 Adult Support and Protection 19 2.11 Free Personal Care 20 2.12 Supporting Unpaid Carers 20 3. Environmental Scan 21 3.1 Demography 21 3.2 Strategic Health Needs Assessment 24 3.3 Increasing Life Expectancy 28 3.4 Financial Security in Older Age 29 3.5 Population Dependency Ratio 29 4. Delivering Better Outcomes: Recent Comparative Data 30 4.1 Shifting the Balance of Care 2008-12 30 4.2 Free Personal Care 31 4.3 Housing and Living Accommodation for Older People 33 4.4 Care at Home 35 4.5 Care Homes 37 4.6 Hospitals 38 4.7 Primary Care 40 4.8 Living Well with Dementia 40 4.9 Day Services 41 4.10 Supporting Carers 42 4.11 Telehealth Care 42 4.12 Change Fund 2011-13 43 5. Finance and Investment Patterns 46 5.1 Overview 46 5.2 Integrated Resource Framework 47 5.3 NHS Expenditure 47 5.4 Social Work Expenditure 48 5.5 Funding Carer Support 49 5.6 Capital Funding 49 5.7 Change Fund 50 6. Strategic Commissioning Intentions: Key Changes 2013 – 2023 An Overview 51 6.1 Integration of Health and Social Care 51 6.2 Reducing Inequalities 51 6.3 A Sense of Place 52 6.4 Better Outcomes 52 2 6.5 Public expectations, charging for care and the mutual care debate 53 6.6 Improving Personalisation, Choice and Control 53 6.7 Creating A Sustainable Local Market for Care 53 A Early Intervention and Prevention 54 A.1 Strategic Outcomes 54 A.2 Living Well in Later Life – building individual and community capacity 54 A.3 Housing with Support 55 A.4 Supporting Informal Carers 56 A.5 Care Management and Personal Support Planning 56 A.6 Diagnosis and Treatment 56 A.7 Self Care and Managing Long Term Conditions 57 A.8 Falls Prevention 57 B Rehabilitation and Enablement 58 B.1 Strategic Outcomes 58 B.2 Moving from Maintenance to Recovery and Rehabilitation 58 B.3 Care at Home 58 B.4 Telehealthcare 59 B.5 Day Support Activities for Frail Older People and People with Dementia 59 C Improving Long Term Care 60 C.1 Strategic Outcomes 60 C.2 Specialist Dementia Care 60 C.3 Long term Care 60 C.4 Acute and Intermediate Health Care 62 C.5 Palliative and End of Life Care 62 7 Workforce 63 7.1 Overview 63 7.2 Community Health Partnership 64 7.3 Aberdeenshire Council 65 7.4 Independent sector 66 7.5 Challenges 67 8 Involving and Engaging People 68 8.1 Capturing Views of Older People and their Carers 68 8.2 “Your Voice” – Network of Older Peoples Forums 69 8.3 Consultation on the Joint Commissioning Strategy 70 8.4 Citizen Panel 70 8.5 Taking Action 71 9. Conclusions 72 3 APPENDICES A. Joint Resource Framework 2012-14 75 B. Integrated Resource Framework 2010-11 79 C. Consultation Results 82 D. Citizens Panel Online Survey Results 84 E. Citizens Panel Interim Report – Viewpoint 31 87 F. Aberdeenshire Change Plan Progress Report January 2013 93 G. Equality Impact Assessment 96 H. Housing Contribution Statement 105 4 Executive Summary Ageing Well In Aberdeenshire Ageing Well in Aberdeenshire is Aberdeenshire’s Joint Commissioning Strategy for Older People 2013-23. The strategy proposes how local care and health services will develop over the next ten years, always aiming to provide the best possible outcomes, as defined by older people themselves, collectively and individually. The document examines the current system and looks at the challenges facing the NHS, Aberdeenshire Council, the voluntary and independent sectors, as well as older people themselves. It outlines the government’s policy, which includes person centred support with less bureaucracy; moving health care closer to where people live; and ensuring they can access the right support when they need it. The strategy is designed to give older people confidence that throughout later life they can exercise choice and control over their care as well as how they live. At the heart of this strategy is the belief that: Old age should be celebrated, not stigmatised by society. Older people must be respected for the experience, wisdom and values that they bring to community, civic and family life throughout later life. Older people should expect to be treated with dignity as individuals within the health and social care systems which should be accessible and as close to home as possible. BACKGROUND Reshaping care for older people In 2011, the Scottish Government outlined a national vision for reshaping care and support for older people in “Reshaping Care for Older People: A Programme for Change 2011-2021” This is to be achieved against the background of a steep rise in the proportion of the population who are older, a reducing health and social care workforce, and long term public sector funding restraint. Evidence shows that older people form the significant majority of patients in both primary and acute health services. Similarly, almost half of local authority total social work expenditure is attributed to care for older people (approx. 44%). Our key aim is to promote wellbeing, self-care, personalisation and community resilience, while improving access to a spectrum of locally-based health, social care, housing and support to help people maintain as much independence as possible throughout later life. The government’s strategy is characterised by improving access to a range of clinical interventions and management of long term conditions within primary care settings, including local out-patient clinics and day surgery. Acute hospitals would focus on specialist clinical interventions only. Simultaneously, concerted effort across Scotland is gradually shifting investment from institutional models of long term care such as continuing NHS care wards and care homes towards care at home or in homely settings, such as very sheltered or extra care housing. What has been achieved in Aberdeenshire to date? Since these policies were launched there is now evidence of greater emphasis on rapid response and supported early discharge arrangements, which prevent unnecessary hospital admissions and reduce a person’s length of stay in hospital by providing additional support to help people return home as early as is safe to do so. 5 Aberdeenshire has already seen a significant reduction over the last 5 years in the emergency bed days rate for people over 65 and over 75 and we have lower than average numbers of patients in NHS continuing care beds. The ratio of patients treated in local community hospitals, compared to those admitted to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary (ARI), is increasing, reflecting efforts to shift clinical diagnosis and treatment to community settings, as close to home where practical. During the same period, there has been a sustained increase in numbers of older people receiving the care they need at home and an increase of 30% in the proportion of over 65s receiving intensive care at home. We are supporting more people to maintain their own home or tenancy until the end of their life, if this is their choice. We can evidence that, particularly in sheltered and very sheltered housing settings, very few tenants move on to care homes. These advances have been achieved through: • better communication and joint ways of working by health and social care professionals at all levels; • increasing investment in new models of community care, both within the NHS and local authorities, and • promoting concepts of self care and self management amongst patients, families and communities. Aims of Aberdeenshire’s Strategy • Improve the way local health and care systems work so that the experience people have when they need care is seamless, effective and accessible. • Aspire to a single point of entry to health and care systems for older people with integrated care delivered by the right team at the right time, in the right place. • Help future generations of older people to remain fit, healthy and active with informal support from families and communities, postponing and preventing dependency on formal health and social care. • Shift public attitudes and challenge stereotypes of older people, ageing and self care. • Improve choice for older people and help them have more control over their own lives. • Engage all Aberdeenshire citizens in shaping and prioritising the future of health and social care. Challenges Demographics The demographic profile of Aberdeenshire challenges the current model of health and social care. Life expectancy is 79.7 years, compared to a Scottish average of 77.8yrs. By 2020, the number of over 85 yrs olds is predicted to rise by 42.6% from 2010 figures, compared with a rise in Scotland of 39.6%. Housing As people continue to live longer and be supported in their own homes, we expect to face local challenges linked to diversity in new-build housing and the need to maximise the use of existing housing through telehealthcare, equipment and adaptations. We anticipate that demand will rise from single households for living options that offer flexible combinations of care and support.
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