Ageing

Thursday 28th October 2010, Guoman Charing Cross Hotel- London, 08:45 - 16:00

Creating a Health and Social Care Service Fit for an Ageing Population

Overview

By 2026 one in five people will be aged 65 or over. The ageing population is on average getting older, and between 2008 and 2032 the number of over-85s will have doubled. In 2032 there are projected to be 3.1 million over-85s (Office for National Statistics, 2008). Increased morbidity will increase the need for health and social care services. An estimated 1.7 million more people will have a need for care and support in 20 years’ time. This highlights the needs for a fair and affordable system. It also brings in to questions how we will meet and fund the rising care expectations of an increasingly older populace.

According to the Care Quality Commissions first annual report to parliament (February 2010), people need health and social care services that are more joined-up and person-centred. Furthermore, services have steadily improved overall but rising demand and pressure on finances make reform essential.

Social care reform is at the top of the Government’s agenda. According to Care Services Minister Paul Burstow “The current system is unsustainable – it cannot go on as it is” (20 May 2010). The Coalition: our programme for government, published on 20 May 2010, outlines the government’s commitment to reform the system of social care to provide much more control to individuals and their carers, and to ease the cost burden that they and their families face.

A new independent commission will be established to advise the government on the future funding of long-term care. The commission will consider a range of ideas, including both a voluntary insurance scheme to protect the assets of those who go into residential care, and a partnership scheme. The government will also break down barriers between health and social care funding to incentivise preventative action; extend the greater roll-out of personal budgets to both older and disabled people and carers to give more control and purchasing power; and increase direct payments to carers and better community-based provision to improve access to respite care.

The government also announced that it will not be commencing the provisions in the Personal Care at Home Act, 2010 relating to free care at home. However, the government will be considering what more can be done on re-ablement and carers' breaks in the light of available resources.

In the Comprehensive Spending Review 2010, the government committed an additional £1 billion a year for social care through the NHS, as part of an overall £2 billion a year of additional funding to support social care by 2014-15.

Agenda

This timely and informative forum will offer delegates the opportunity to discuss and examine how we will meet and fund the rising care expectations of an increasingly older populace as well as hear from the new government their adult social reform plans.

08:45	Registration and Coffee
09:30	Chair’s Welcome Address Stephen Burke, Chief Executive, Counsel and Care (CONFIRMED)
09:35	Opening Keynote: Social Care Reform: Creating a Care Service Fit For An Ageing Population Future funding of long-term care Transforming care and support services to meet the changing aspirations of older people Funding a care and support system that can meet the demographic challenge of an ageing population Breaking down barriers between health and social care funding to incentivise preventative action Role and remit of the independent funding commission Empowering individuals and their carers Future of personal budgets Improving health, care and wellbeing of older people Delivering an improved health and social care service in partnership with the voluntary organisation Next stages of implementation David Behan, Director General for Social Care, Department of Health (CONFIRMED)
09:55	Question and Answer Session
10:00	Special Keynote: Working in Partnership to Improve the Quality of Care for Older People State of Care - Care Quality Commission Annual Report Providing incentives for greater integration of health and adult social care services to achieve better outcomes Care that meets each person’s individual needs Delivering quality residential care services for all Achieving outcomes through joined-up care Delivering an approach to care that helps older people maintain their independence and health Cultural shift: moving away from a ‘one size fits all’ approach Fair and equal access to care Reform during a time of tightened finances Dame Jo Williams, Chair, Care Quality Commission (CONFIRMED)
10:20	Question and Answer Session
10:30	Coffee and Networking
10:55	Securing Good Care for More People: Taking a Long Term Approach Demographic and social change Implications for funding and reform during a colder financial climate New ideas on funding options Lessons from other countries Prevention and early intervention Improved modelling tools The King’s Fund partnership model Towards long-term reform – four steps Richard Humphries, Senior Fellow – Social Care, The King’s Fund (CONFIRMED)
11:15	Improving the Quality of Dementia Services Prevention and good quality early diagnosis Effective partnership working between housing, health and social care Future strategies to deliver modernised services to an ageing population Delivering personalised care to people with dementia and their families New care pathways for people with dementia Support and guidance for carers Ruth Eley, National Programme Lead (Delivery – Older People and Dementia), Department of Health (CONFIRMED)
11:35	Assisted Technology: Transforming Health Services to Meet the Needs of an Ageing Population Assisted Living Innovation Platform: visions and goals Investing in the business of ageing Delivering innovative technology projects to deliver solutions around devices, user centred design and telecommunications to meet the future needs of users Working in partnership to develop technologies and services that will enable individuals to receive support at home Designing technologies and services that are desirable and affordable Greater independence and control through assisted technology Future funding of assisted living projects Jackie Marshall‐Cyrus, Lead Specialist Assisted Living Platform, Technology Strategy Board (CONFIRMED)
11:55	Question and Answer Session
12:30	Lunch and Networking
13:30	Preparing for an Ageing Population During Challenging Times The Ageing Well programme: supporting local authorities to improve how they promote the independence and wellbeing of older people Co-ordinated commissioning and delivery of services for older people Adopting more strategic approaches to prevention and early intervention Involving older people and communities in discussions about priorities and opportunities for improving their wellbeing Maximising efficiencies and effectiveness through joined-up and 'place-based' approaches Guy Robertson, Joint Head of Ageing Well Programme, Local Government Improvement and Development (CONFIRMED)
13:50	Case Study: Providing for Special Housing Needs, Supporting Independent Living Helping older people and others who are vulnerable to maintain their independence in a safe and healthy environment of their choice Providing preventative and wellbeing services Utilising assistive technology including telecare Ensuring older people remain connected to the community Effective commissioning for older people A commissioning strategy for personalisation Martin Cheeseman, Director of Housing and Community Care, London Borough of Brent (CONFIRMED)
14:10	Questions and Answers Session
14:30	Coffee Break and Networking
14:50	Personalisation: Personal Budgets Personalisation in the round – an overarching model Personal Budgets Learning from implementation on the ground Maximising social capital Personalising universal and targeted services Ayesha Janjua, Fellow, Analytical Studies Unit, Office for Public Management (OPM) (CONFIRMED)
15:10	Transforming Social Care to Meet the Needs of Carers Personal budgets for carers Giving more control and purchasing power to carers Increase direct payments to carers and better community-based provision to improve access to respite care Improving community based provision to improve access to respite care Technology and the delivery of care Providing joined-up information and advice for older people, their families and carers about care and housing options in later life Imelda Redmond, Chief Executive, Carers UK (CONFIRMED)
15:30	Questions and Answers Session
16:00	Chair's Summary and Close

*programme subject to change without notice

Audience

Delegates attending this forum will include older people commissioning managers in social care, directors of adult social care services, heads of audiology, heads of eyecare, heads of occupational therapy, consultant radiologists, heads of oncology, heads of treasury, practice managers, GPs, fuel poverty strategy mangers, directors of public health, heads of telehealth, training and development managers, immunisation managers, directors of nursing,, health professionals, housing mangers, older people’s services managers, social care directors and delegates will be drawn from central government, local government, health authorities, PCTs, community care organisations, academia, voluntary and community sectors and social enterprises and the private sector.