ipl-logo

Grossman's Model Of Case Study In Health And Social Care

1036 Words5 Pages

3. Method

This project will be undertaken using a secondary data research approach in the form of a case study. This has been chosen due to the efficiency of utilising the volume of previous research conducted by respected organisations such as the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) an intergovernmental economics and welfare research group, the Office of National Statistics (ONS) and the UK Government Office for Science (GOS) whose work will form the basis of the case study. A secondary data project also allows for greater assessment through theoretical models and the ability to review different interpretations and terminology analysis which will ensure that any findings are a fair review of the research topic. …show more content…

This will then be developed with a review of the content using DD309 course materials, with particular reference to chapters 9 and 16 due to their focus on economic welfare and care provision.

From an initial search of both the Internet and the Open University Library using the keywords; ageing, care and efficiency, full search terms were developed based on those search results and associated references for example problems of an ageing population, care provision policy and microeconomic analysis of health and social care.

In the discussion section, both quantitative and qualitative information from the GOS report and the OECD related to the provision of UK health and social care will be used to initially identify what the problems of an ageing society could be. Extracts from the report will then be used to assess the efficacy of government initiatives and policies suggested to address the related issues for an increasing demographic of the population aged 65 and over.

This content will then be used to formulate a conclusion of how policy makers might make decisions based on government commissioned reports and their resulting responses following the publication of similar information …show more content…

There are a number of combinations that can be achieved along a curve diagram referred to as an indifference curve as the same level of welfare will be achieved at any point therefore an individual would be not be highly concerned with the potential outcomes. The curve slopes downwards demonstrating that as health increases, consumption is reduced, with the opposite also shown in Figure 6. Fig. 6 Health and consumption indifference curve

For the discussion section of this project it will be required to consider the report ‘Future of an Ageing Population’ produced by the Government Office for Science. Initial findings in relation to health and social care were that:

Ageing will increase the total amount of ill-health and disability in the population. There will be an accompanying change in the nature of ill-health, with a relative shift away from acute illness towards chronic conditions, multi-morbidities, cognitive impairments and long-term frailty. In parallel, families and communities will play an increasing role in providing care services. (GOS, 2016,

Show More
Related
161 Words | 1 Pages

R/s James Maxwell Pittman is believed to be a vulnerable adult due to his mental illness. R/s Mr. Pittman mental capacity is of a 12-year-old. R/s Mr. Pittman lives with his mother, Judy Pittman and it was reported to the reporter that Ms. Pittman is abusing Mr. Pittman. R/s Mr. Pittman has an infection in his mouth and he has not been taken to the dentist. R/s Mr. Pittman is not being made to bathe nor is Ms. Pittman is bathing him.

Read More
1365 Words | 6 Pages

This also gives them greater control over finances and decisions over their care. All models of care are needed due to people having different needs or some having capacity where others don’t. One

Read More
1350 Words | 6 Pages

This will bring a surge of elderly people with functional and cognitive limitations; Functional limitations- physical problems that limit a person’s ability to perform routine daily activities; Cognitive limitations- losses in mental acuity that may also restrict a person’s ability to perform such activities (Wiener, J. M., 2013). Long- term care services are going to grow in the next 10 years, two- thirds of the total spending for long-term care come from government health care programs (Wiener, J. M., 2013). The long-term care services expenditure for the elderly is 1.3% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), projected expenditures by 2050 will range from 1.9% to 3.3% GDP (Wiener, J. M.,

Read More
905 Words | 4 Pages

D2 critically compare the value of ageing theories to individuals in differing health or social care settings In this assignment i will be comparing two ageing theories in 3 different health and social care settings. I will look at the advantages and disadvantages as well as the strategies put in place within these settings. Activity theory Social disengagement Care Home Residents tend to form close relations with their staff as well as getting all the residents to socialise, which contributes to their social lives and allows them to follow the activity theory easily.

Read More
401 Words | 2 Pages

In novels, there are major characters and minor characters. The purpose of a minor character is to be a foil for the main character, or to highlight their weaknesses or strengths. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, the minor character Bob Ewell is the foil character to Atticus Finch the main character. To Kill a Mockingbird implies multiple themes throughout it. Atticus and Bob Ewell highlight the theme of courage and cowardice within the novel.

Read More
778 Words | 4 Pages

This report will describe the social care in England with emphasis on adult care. It will analyse the way it is funded and how services are delivered. Issues/limitations arising from the way and method of funding and service delivery will be described. This will be compared with how the same care service is handled in other European countries like France, Germany, and Finland. The similarities and differences in the methods adopted by these countries will be compared with what is applicable in the United Kingdom.

Read More
1842 Words | 8 Pages

One of the main concerns currently within Australia is the overspending by the government. Given the expenditure from the previous Australia’s government, the current government has been under constant pressure by its nation, hence must view policies to reduce the nation’s structural budget deficit due to ageing population. The government must act upon decision and policies to resolve the issue of the increasing ageing population in order to reduce the budget deficit. Even though it is a current issue, through comparing and contrasting the differing views of both Thomas Malthus and Alfred Marshall, we can see how economics has developed to solve the issues. The ageing population is the situation where the median age of the population is

Read More
1655 Words | 7 Pages

Financial exploitation of the older population in 2009 was estimates at $2.9 billion and is expected to rise in the years to follow (Greenlee, 2012). With these outstanding statistics it appears we are failing one our most vulnerable

Read More
1006 Words | 5 Pages

Aging policy in America has caused on three domains of security for elders: economic security, health security, and functional security (Chernof, 2011). In the years to follow the crisis of the aging Americans, will need comprehensive intervention that will impact older Americans and what’s really in it for Elders. In devising a plan to ensure that the planners, government, private agencies, health care and service organizations are all devoted to providing and caring for the aging. Significant demographic changes in the history of the American people in this century.

Read More
1007 Words | 5 Pages

Tom Kitwood (1997) cited in (The Open University, 2017) supports the approach of seeing and treating people as individuals, he calls this ‘person-centred care’. This approach looks at the physical, social and psychological needs of the individual. Person-centred care encourages people to have more involvement in making decisions about their care so they get the support and service they need. There are three main types of long-term care settings such as residential care homes which offer different degrees of personal care, Nursing homes offer care which requires the skills of qualified nursing staff and long-stay hospitals which offer a more specialised medical care. (The Open University, 2017).

Read More
1043 Words | 5 Pages

The Marketisation of Care for Older People Introduction This chapter discusses the theoretical framework of this study - ‘marketisation of care’- which concerns the application of markets, market principles, and market mechanisms in the field of social care (Daly and Lewis, 2000; Bolton and Wibberley, 2014, Glendinning, 2012, Brennan et al., 2012, Shutes and Chiatti, 2012, Nyssens et al., 2012, Williams and Brenan, 2012). It includes the background, rationale, processes, and impacts of marketisation of care. In the first section, the ‘care diamond’ (Ochiai, 2009, Razavi, 2007) theory, a useful tool to elaborate care regime models, is applied to describe the background of how the marketisation of care develops.

Read More
963 Words | 4 Pages

The target is to answer the questions about the regulation and funding of the model, provision of formal and informal care and the overall division of responsibilities between the family and thestate. Wealsotakealook at the implications of the care policy model concerning well-being, social inequalities, gender equality, intergenerational relations and the labour market. In the last part of this paper we will also make some comparison to the eldercare systems of UK,France,Netherlands,Germanyand Denmark,

Read More
1052 Words | 5 Pages

Jyotsana Parajuli GTY 702 Reflective Paper-1 Cumulative Advantage/Disadvantage Theory The number of older adults is increasingly rapidly in the United States with the graying of baby boomers and increasing is the longevity. Moreover, the population of older adults today is the most diverse in the history of the United States. This diversity has contributed to socio-economic inequalities and health disparities among older adults. Some people are advantaged early on in life and remain advantaged throughout their life course ending up with better health and socio-economic condition in their later life; however, those who begin with disadvantages early on in life accumulate disadvantages over the life course and hence result in low socio-economic

Read More
848 Words | 4 Pages

Introduction I. We as a human being, we age and it is said that there will be more elderly people in the future. A. According to the graph of 2012 Population Estimates and National Projections from the Current Population Report by Jennifer M. Ortman, the population aged 65 and above is projected to be 83.7 million in 2050, almost double its estimated population of

Read More
1667 Words | 7 Pages

An elderly could live in a retirement center, nursing facility, or alone with relatives and be in good health or in bad health (Papalia, Feldman, & Martorell, 2012, pg. 541-542). Chronic illness and psychical change will be occurring during late adulthood yet, another focus will be psychological development, which is heavily influenced by the social environment in which one elderly lives and thus brings out the importance of finding good living arrangements. This is a huge factor in many other life stages as well. For instance, “the state of the job market may determine when offspring choose to leave home… [or] when we retire may depend on the provisions of our pension plan.

Read More

More about Grossman's Model Of Case Study In Health And Social Care

Related Topics

Open Document