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COMMISSIONING STRATEGY ACTION PLAN FOR OLDER PEOPLE 2003-2006


1. The Executive Member was pleased to endorse the objectives and outcomes detailed in the Commissioning Strategy Action Plan 2003-2006 which will be updated annually.


2. The key objectives setting out the framework for actions were:


· To promote the independence of older people by enabling them to remain in their own homes wherever possible.


· To work with partner agencies to deliver standards and targets in the National Service framework for Older People and the NHS plan.


· To refocus provision of long-term residential and nursing care in line with the recommendations of the Best Value Review.


· To improve performance management and monitoring of service delivery including the quality of services.


· To continue to manage budgets effectively, ensuring investment and disinvestments decisions are consistent with policy intentions.


· To develop the capacity of the workforce to deliver effective high quality services to Older People.


3. The key targets were:


· To improve performance on intensive home care, (more than 10 contact hours and 6 or more visits during the week) which was currently measured by the national C28 PAF Indicator, from 6.5 households receiving intensive home care per 1,000 population aged 65 or over in 02/03.


· To continue to achieve comparatively low rates of admissions to residential and nursing home care as measured by the PAF Indicator, C26, and remain within the highest group of performers nationally.


· To improve the number of older people helped to live at home currently measured by C32 PAF Indicator (older people aged 65 or over helped to live at home) from 62.6 at 31 March 2003 per 1,000 population aged 65 or over.


· To carry on reducing the number of delayed transfers of care from acute hospital beds for those patients waiting for social care packages, with the aspiration to get as close to zero waits as possible and minimise liability for fining.

4. Key achievements to date:

· There had been an improvement in the number of older people receiving intensive packages of care at home, and the indicator value had moved up to over 8.0. There had also been a reduction in the number of delayed transfers of care from over 100 social care waits in April to below 35 at the end of December.


· Plans had been and were being implemented for the further development of rapid response home care services which complement existing Welcome Home schemes and intermediate care schemes established within each PCT area.


· Work was now underway on the Cabinet priority for older people. This work would contribute towards the development of an empowerment strategy for older people across the County Council area and help determine ways of measuring more broadly the quality of life for older people.