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A Cost Comparison of Supported Living in Wales: A Swansea Case Study

A Cost Comparison of Supported Living in Wales: A Swansea Case Study
Nash P, Farr A, Phillips C Centre for Innovative Ageing, Swansea. 2013


Project ID (Internal) 126
Project Status completed
Full Reference (text) Nash P, Farr A, Phillips C (2013) A cost comparison of supported living in wales: a Swansea case study. Swansea University. Centre for Innovative Ageing. [The report can be accessed here]
Full Reference (URL) https://socialcare.wales/research-and-data/research-on-care-finder/a-cost-comparison-of-supported-living-in-wales-a-swansea-case-study
Summary / Abstract

The key findings from the data are: •The least expensive environment for delivery of care is in service users’ own homes with the most expensive being residential care. Caveats to this are that residential care supports older adults with higher levels of care needs, so type of care needs to be considered. Further, residential care includes housing costs where neither Extracare nor community based care include rent or mortgage payments, as these are not costs incurred by Social Services (Section 4.2). •The lowest equipment/modification costs were incurred by residents in Extracare with the highest by those receiving care and support in the community. This is reflective of the age of housing stock and support infrastructure, with Extracare having communal aides and ready modified flats, whereas this is not the case for community properties (Section 4.3) In-patient costs were significantly higher in residential care than in Extracare, again reflective of the underlying care need of older adults in each environment. The highest costs were associated with those in receipt of care in the community, which is likely because of delays in enacting assessments, re-ablement and new community support care packages (Section 4.4). •Outpatient admissions and A&E costs were relatively stable across each of the care environments (Section 4.5) •The most common GP services utilised by residents in each of the care environments were telephone consultations, home visits and GP surgery consultations (Section 4.7). •Overall, Residential care appears to be the most expensive for all costs relating to GP activity (Section 4.8).

Publication Title A Cost Comparison of Supported Living in Wales: A Swansea Case Study
Author(s) Nash P, Farr A, Phillips C
Publication Details Centre for Innovative Ageing, Swansea.
Publication Year / End of Project 2013
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