Introduction to Community Care

Introduction to
Community Care

Contents
Title: Funding matters, of course it does, but the thing people really care about is the quality of the
care that they receive.” Matt Hannock, the Health and Social Care Secretary....................................3
INTRODUCTION.....................................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY.............................................................................................................................................3
CONCLUSION..........................................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES..........................................................................................................................................7

Title: Funding matters, of course it does, but the thing people really care about is the
quality of the care that they receive.” Matt Hannock, the Health and Social Care Secretary
“What is quality? How do you define it, how do you measure it and, most importantly, how
do you provide it?”
INTRODUCTION
Community care can be defined as long-term care for the people who are either elderly,
mentally ill or disable. The care services are not provided in hospitals or institutions, but within
the community itself. Community services are important as they help in keeping the people
healthy, treating as well as managing both long-term conditions and illness (Baldwin, 2017). The
quality in community care can be referred to as the extent to which the healthcare services
provided to patients as well as individuals improve the desired health outcomes. The report
includes an explanation of developments that have led to the creation of NHS and Community
Care Act, 1990, a key legislation in community care. Apart from this, the report also includes an
explanation of the policy framework for protecting vulnerable adults.
MAIN BODY
Quality plays a major role in community health as it ensures that people living within a
community receive the best healthcare services so that they are well and live their lives as they
want. The National Health Service and Community Care Act was established in the year 1990.
The Act introduced requirement for the local authorities to help adults who were vulnerable,
remain within the community and prevent their admission to the hospitals or any other
institution. There are various developments that have led to the creation of NHS and Community
Care Act, 1990. Under this Act, any adult who is aged either 18 or above and lives in the United
Kingdom, is eligible for receiving services from the Local Authority (Burton-Jones and Volkoff,
2017). The Act states that the local authorities have the duty of assessing people for support as
well as social care who are in need of the community care. The Act also ensures that the people
within the community receive appropriate services.
The National Health Service and Community Care Act is mainly focused on helping the
vulnerable and old adults. The care givers remain in the community with the older people and
ensure that they receive the best services. Apart from this, there is another legislation, which is