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LINKAGE PLUS

LINKAGE PLUS. Elaine Stewart DWP Older People and Ageing Society Division. LINKAGE – Working in Partnership to deliver benefits and services.

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LINKAGE PLUS

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  1. LINKAGE PLUS Elaine Stewart DWP Older People and Ageing Society Division

  2. LINKAGE – Working in Partnership to deliver benefits and services • LinkAge is a partnership delivery model for better integration of healthcare, housing, delivery of benefits and social care. The model uses local networks of services and there are three elements: • Joint Teams • Alternative Offices • The Partnership Fund

  3. LINKAGE PLUS PILOT The Government published ‘Opportunity Age – Meeting the challenges of ageing in the 21st century’ in March 2005 ‘Opportunity Age’ recommended the piloting of LinkAge Plus to provide a fully integrated service The pilots would be based on the ‘Sure Start’ model

  4. LINKAGE PLUS CONCEPT • The LinkAge Plus programme will: • Be driven by the needs and aspirations of older people themselves • Expand the principles of joined up working, • Involve a programme of pilots that will integrate services • Build on existing links between central Government, Local Authorities and other organisations

  5. PILOT SELECTION • We plan to run up to 8 pilots in England and have asked a number of local authorities to work with us to develop the LinkAge Plus concept further and advise on how this can be delivered practically on the ground • We are currently working with: • Devon County Council, Gateshead Metropolitan Council, Gloucestershire County Council, Lancaster City Council, Leeds City Council, London Borough of Tower Hamlets, Nottinghamshire County Council, Salford City Council

  6. PROPOSEDINITIATIVES • Range of suggested initiatives Pilots propose to introduce as part of LinkAge Plus Programme • Home Handy person scheme • Mentoring Services • Network Centres (a single integrated accessible gateway to services) • Outreach workers • Village Agents in rural communities • Transport scheme – using taxi voucher with community transport • scheme arranged with Environment and transport providers • Volunteering

  7. LINKAGE PLUS EVALUATION • The LinkAge Plus pilots are expected to run for a period of up to two years. They will: • Test different models of joining up services for older people • Be independently evaluated • The findings will form a body of good practice and lessons learned to encourage wider application beyond pilot sites

  8. Fairness in work and later life Employment and inactivity of older people Work related education/training Voting Independence in supportive communities Quality of home Ownership of consumer durables Fear and experience of crime Contact with family/friends Access to goods and services Access to transportation Number of trips Material well-being Median net income Wealth Relative/absolute low income Persistent low income Non-state pension contributions Independence and well-being Overall subjective well-being questionnaire Healthy active living Healthy and general life expectancy Mental and physical health Access to treatment Older learners Participation in sport/leisure/ volunteering Support and care Satisfaction with home care Direct payments recipients Older people helped to live at home Home adaptations/equipment Care for carers National standards in older people’s services INDICATORS OF WELL-BEING AND INDEPENDENCE

  9. LINKAGE PLUS – NEXT STEPS The LinkAge Plus project, together with the first pilot was launched in Tower Hamlets on 3rd July 2006 by James Purnell, the Minister of State for Pensions Reform. The other pilots will rollout over the next few months.

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