Social care and home help

Achieving independence for older people through rehabilitation/intermediate care

The proportion of older people discharged from hospital to their own home or to a residential or nursing care home, or extra care housing bed for rehabilitation, with a clear intention that they will move on/back to their own home (including a place in extra care housing or an adult placement scheme setting), who are at home or in extra care housing or an adult placement scheme setting, three months after the date of their discharge from hospital.

Health Poverty Index: Quality of social care for vulnerable adults

Health Poverty Index - Situation of Health: Quality of social care: The effectiveness of care for vulnerable individuals in society.

Health Poverty Index: Social Care Resourcing: Personal social services expenditure per capita

The Health Poverty Index tool allows groups, differentiated by geography and cultural identity, to be contrasted in terms of their 'health poverty’. A group's 'health poverty' is a combination of both its present state of health and its future health potential or lack of it. The key justification for the selection of a particular set of groups is the expectation of an equal distribution of health and its determinants between the groups in a just society. This indicator explores personal social services expenditure per capita.

Home Care User Survey (2008/09)

Provisional results from a survey of older people aged 65 and over receiving home care. A questionnaire was sent out to a sample of users in each Council to gain an understanding of their experience of the service they receive.

Intensive home care

The number of households receiving intensive home care (more than 10 contact hours and six or more visits during the week) during the sample week.

Number of contact hours of home help and home care by sector: Social Trends 34

Local Authority home care services assist people to continue living in their own home and to function as independently as possible. During a survey week in September 2002, Local Authorities in England provided or purchased nearly three million hours of home care services for nearly 370,000 households. Between 1992 and 2002, the number of contact hours increased by 77 per cent. As with the provision of residential care home places, the independent sector now provides much of the care, although the funding for this care may be provided by the public sector. In 2002 around 64 per cent of all contact hours were provided by the independent sector (which includes the private and voluntary sectors) compared with two per cent in 1992.

Number of domiciliary care agencies providing home care services

Database of social care services with additional information on specialism, quality ratings, locality and capacity of establishment.

Number of social services staff providing domiciliary services

Number of social services staff providing domiciliary services.

Older people over 65 helped to live at home

Older people aged 65 or over helped to live at home, per 1,000 population aged 65 or over. Data collected as part of Referrals, Assessment and Packages of Care Data (RAP) & Grant Funded Services (GFS1) data.

Over 65s' views on home care services received

This survey shows what people aged 65 and over and receiving care in their home think of the service they are receiving. It gives older people’s opinions on a number of areas, including how safe they feel and whether they are happy with their care worker.

Palliative Care Workforce -  ‘community’ staff

The National Council for Palliative Care undertake a workforce survey looking at staff working in palliative care in a variety of settings. Most recent data is for 2008. Data is provided on the number of staff from different specialisms working within these environments. ‘Community’ is used in the analysis to define all staff providing specialist palliative care services within the home.

People supported to live independently through social services (all ages)

This indicator measures the number of adults (aged 18-64/65+) per 1,000 population, who are assisted directly through social services assessed/care planned, funded to live independently and those supported through organisations that receive social services grant funded services. The indicator will be age standardised and, if possible, adjusted for likely needs for social care services using needs-weighted population data (produced from Relative Needs Formula allocation calculations). Issues remain on potential double counting between assessed services and grant funded services and within grant funded services that need to be resolved. Data collected as part of Referrals, Assessment and Packages of Care Data (RAP) & Grant Funded Services (GFS1) data.

People with a long-term condition supported to be independent and in control of their condition

The percentage of people with a long-term condition who are 'supported by people providing health and social care services to be independent and in control of their condition'.

Personal social services expenditure and unit costs

Personal social services expenditure and unit costs. Data provided on nursing homes, residential homes, home help and day care services.

Social care clients receiving self-directed support

This is National Indicator 130. Self-directed support means that people are able to design the support of care arrangements that best suit their specific needs.

The extent to which older people receive the support they need to live independently

The extent to which older people receive the support they need to live independently is National Indicator 139. This measure, based on a survey question asked of a sample of the whole local population through the Place Survey, seeks to assess how far older people in a locality are getting the support and services they need to live independently at home. It is designed to reflect a wider view of 'support' than simply a narrow definition of services provided by or via Social Services, and to capture the views of those, including potential future users, who are not necessarily current direct clients of a particular service as well as those who are. It will thus take account of the views of the majority of older people who do not receive 'formal' services, but are provided with the support they value from local government, its partners and the local community. The use of a survey question, rather than administrative records of particular services provided, allows any kind of relevant support to be taken into account, and for the assessment of the need for support and whether it has been available to come from citizens and clients, rather than service providers. This reflects desired outcomes for client-focused systems and provision. This is based on responses to question 21:

"In your opinion, are older people in your local area able to get the services and support they need to continue to live at home for as long as they want to? (This could include help or support from public, private or voluntary services or from family, friends and the wider community)."

Timeliness of social care assessment

Acceptable waiting times for assessments. For new clients, the percentage where the time from first contact to completion of assessment is less than or equal to four weeks.

Timeliness of social care packages

Acceptable waiting times for delivery of care packages following assessment. For new clients aged 65+, the percentage for whom the time from completion of assessment to provision of services in the care package is less than or equal to four weeks.

Unit cost of home care for adults and older people

The Personal Social Services Expenditure return (PSSEX1) collects detailed information on Personal Social Services (PSS) expenditure. Data collected within the PSSEX1 is used by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) to monitor the performance of Social Services across Councils.

Council Spending on Adult Social Care

Council Spending: Making it Clear survey conducted by BBC and the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA) looking at planned expenditure of 76% of Councils in England. Published 12 May 2011. Data and methodology are available to download via the BBC News link provided.