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Annex C: Extract from the Care Development Group Report Fair Care for Older People
(September 2001):
3.4 The thrust of Community Care policy for the last decade has been to shift the balance towards providing more care for the individual in their own home and offering individuals more choice in the provision of their care. We felt it to be important at the outset of our discussions to consider whether we agreed as a Group with the policy of moving the balance of care towards care at home. We concluded that in principle the policy of providing more services at home was right and that the shift of balance in services towards more care at home was still the appropriate way in which to develop care for older people. This did not imply that there was no place for nursing or residential care homes in the spectrum of care for older people. There will always be those for whom these options will provide the most appropriate form of care or who will choose these options for themselves.
3.5 The proposals in this report are therefore based on the conclusion that the provision of improved and expanded home care services, including personal care services, should be a high priority for all service providers. The Group also believes that where individuals want to remain in their own home, the priority should be to enable that where appropriate.
We support the policy of providing more services at home and of shifting the balance in services towards more care at home.
The Report also noted the Group's findings were consistent with current Scottish Executive policy, fitted well with the Joint Future work, and reflected public opinion.
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