Community Care for Older People in England: Challenges and Developments

Care of Older People

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
Development in the policy of community care............................................................................3
Challenges in the community care...............................................................................................5
Suggestions to overcome the challenges......................................................................................7
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................9

INTRODUCTION
Community care services are formed in order to help the people who require support and
care for living with dignity in the country. These services are helpful in order to reduce the social
isolation which is harmful for the mental health of many individuals. England is one of the most
developed countries in the world that provides the best care to the older people in the country so
that there can be effective and healthy living among the older people. The country tries its best
for achieving the effective and better success rate in providing the better community care to the
citizens so that the people of the country are in the positive opinion about the country that they
are being taken care by the country in which they live (Frost, and et.al., 2020).
There are various types of provision for the care that is required to be provided to the
older people of the country. There are more than 800000 people in England who are gaining the
community care services (Key facts and figures about adult social care, 2022). The report will
explain about the various challenges that creates problem in effective community care. The aim
of the report is to analyse and understand the various aspects of the community care for the older
people in England.
MAIN BODY
Development in the policy of community care
Community care services were started in England in December 1960 by the government
of Margaret Thatcher. The community care in the England is one of the most developed and
effective care that has been provided to the people of the country as there are the various types of
policies that the government of the country introduces which can help in providing the effective
care to the older people of the England. There has been the various types of development that
changed the situation and effectiveness of the community care that is being provided to the older
people of the country (Kotpratum and Nuntaboot, 2018).
There was the various types of problems that the country faced before and during the
implementation of the policies which has resulted into the ineffective providing of the
community care to the older people of the country. The community care has evolved over period
it was established with a view to provide better aid to the elderly and improve their living
conditions at their home. It was beneficial for them to gain these services in order to improve
their mental and physical health. The community care services focused on the financial needs of
these people only. In the recent times this policy has transformed and is helping the people to