Topic: Adult social care

Our work on social care policy, services and reform

Reforming social care is about more than funding

Simon Bottery considers the priorities for the upcoming social care Green Paper.

What is social care?

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What is social care and how does it work?

Our series of short videos and related content is intended to help clarify what social care is, how it’s provided and paid for, and how it works with the NHS and other services.

Social care for older people

Social care for older people: Home truths

This report looks at social care services for older people and the impact of cuts in local authority spending on social care providers and on older people, their families and carers.

Illustrated summary of the Barker Commission's final report

Illustrated summary of the Barker Commission's final report and recommendations on separate systems for health and social care.

Social care needs political support and better workforce planning

Alex Baylis calls for a more strategic approach to developing the social care workforce.

Health care funding models

Approaches to social care funding

It is widely accepted that the system for funding social care is in urgent need of reform, but there is little sign of a long-term solution on the horizon. In this report we consider five different approaches, setting out the implications of each.

Age UK care co-ordinator roles

Older people with long-term conditions often face a bewildering array of disconnected services rather than joined-up, holistic care. In 2012, Age UK decided to use its skills and resources to support the health and care system in addressing these problems.

Alex Baylis and Susie Perks-Baker: Embedding enhanced health care in care homes

Alex Baylis and Dr Susie Perks-Baker share findings from The King’s Fund’s report, Enhanced health in care homes.

Zoe Wyrko: The health and wellbeing benefits of an intergenerational approach

Zoe Wyrko discusses the health and wellbeing benefits of an intergenerational approach, sharing learning from Channel 4’s Old People's Home for 4 Year Olds.

Enhanced health in care homes: learning from experiences so far

This report looks at experiences so far in the areas of England working on delivering enhanced health in care homes.

The King's Fund responds to the government's announcement on the social care Green Paper

The Green Paper will only be meaningful if it results in a fundamental reform to the social care system, says Simon Bottery.

Stopping the blame game around delayed transfers of care

Simon Bottery looks at the context behind the latest row on the Better Care Fund and delayed transfers of care.

The NHS and social care under a minority government

State of health and care in England

Services are at full stretch and struggling to maintain standards, says Chris Ham.

The King’s Fund comments on the Care Quality Commission’s annual State of Care report

The report highlights that the NHS is under increasing pressure, with demand for services growing faster than funding and with recruiting and retaining staff representing a huge challenge.

Enhanced health in care homes: lessons from good practice on embedding integrated care

Age-related dependency needs policy and long-term planning

Can we reduce late-life dependency or plan for it better? David Oliver reflects on the findings of a recent Lancet paper and asks what we can do to tackle the challenges it highlights.

Priorities for health and care

What are the priorities for health and social care?

Ahead of the party conference season, we assess the state of health and social care and set out the big issues facing the government.

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Embedding enhanced health care in care homes

This project aims to help providers and commissioners to develop local approaches to improving integration of health and care services in care homes.

Health and social care after the election: what issues still need attention?

The political tumult of recent weeks seems to be subsiding and a second snap election appears less likely – for now. Leo Ewbank asks what the new political environment might mean for health and social care.

Briefing: House of Commons debate on the address: health, social care and security

Ahead of debates on the address on Wednesday 28 June in the House of Commons and Thursday 29 June in the House of Lords, The King's Fund has produced this written briefing on the key issues for health and social care in the new parliament.

Geoff Huggins: Integrating and reshaping care - lessons from Scotland

Geoff Huggins, Director of Health and Social Care Integration, Scottish Government, shares lessons from Scotland on reforming adult social care.

Enhanced care in care homes: building on a promising start

How can the good practice in enhanced care home projects be shared more widely? Alex Baylis sets out the challenges.

Social care: who cares?

The 'dementia tax' debacle was one of the turning points of the election campaign. Nicholas Timmins asks whether all proposals for reforming social care are now a dead letter for this parliament given the government's lack of a majority.

Future of adult social care funding reading list

A selected list of references held by The King's Fund library.

Social care finances: Our work on social care funding, budgets and finance