Size or length of assessment

2,000 words-

Unit learning outcomes

On completion of this unit, you should be able to:

1. Demonstrate the knowledge and understanding of health and social care challenges of an ageing society and relevant policy.

2. Demonstrate the skills and abilities associated with critically analysis of the research evidence and the assessment of the impact of health and social care reforms on user experience.

Discuss –

Developments in Policy in Residential Care/

Discussion of the developments the history of residential care provision by the government)

• When was the first residential care policy introduced? –

• How has the system/policy changed? (You need to discuss key policy changes)

• How does the system look like today? Main channel of care provision (public, private, voluntary, informal sector)?

• The Supplementary Benefits Act 1983

• The National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (enacted in 1993) – encouraged private provision of residential care, Local Authority SSDs became officially responsible for assessing needs and means of older people

• The 1992 LAC on giving choice of accommodation to residential care users

• The Direct Payments Act 1996

• Care Standards Act 2000

• Mental Capacity Act 2005

• CQC established, when, why? What are the benefits and its limitations?

• The Care Act 2014

Issues/Challenges in Residential Care

Abuse and Neglect

Poor Staffing / Privacy Challenges

Suggestions to Overcome Challenges