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Transcript of Ann Coyle
Health Services Executive
Services for Older People
Ann CoyleNational Planning Specialist for Older People
Policy
• To support Older People to remain in their own homes and communities
• Support family/informal carers
• Provide high quality person centred residential care
Where older people are
• In their own homes
• In supported housing in the local communities
• In Residential care
In their own homes
• 360 million spent in home care
• Increase of 131 million since 2006
• 10 million additional in 2010
In Supported Housing
• Underdeveloped
• Need for collaboration between agencies
• Need to develop a range of funding models to support a range of financial situations
In Residential Care
Legislation supports residential care but not primary/community care
While supporting 4.6% of older people consumes a significant portion of the budget
Recent legislation while more equitable could drive demand upwards unless acceptable alternatives are available
Residential care
• New models of care
• Person Directed
• Person Centred
• Innovation solutions including technological ones
Challenges for telecare/telehealth
• Hard to get on the Agenda
• Still seen as ‘add on’ to core services
• Reconfiguration rather than new monies
• How can we do more with what we have
• How do we change practice
• Culture transformation
What do we need
• Strong evidence of what works
• Incentivisation
• Connected agenda