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ADASS seeks three key freedoms as the basis of care
Dignity, security, clarity are the three guarantees directors of adult social services offer older and vulnerable adults as the outcomes they are seeking of the current reform programme being forged for adult social services, ADASS President Peter Hay told MPs on the Health Select Committee this week.
Directors believe that all adults should be:
- FREE from anxiety and the fear of undignified treatment
- FREE from financial insecurity in old age
- FREE from a lack of clarity about the social care system
ADASS also affirmed that the contribution of adult social care services to the overall local health and social care economy is vital and fundamental?. Numerous business cases show the benefits of adult social care integrated activity on patients, and subsequently on the costs/pressures within the health system.
Regulating the finances of provider companies, including the creation of a proportionate failure regime that can mitigate against the failure of social care providers, says ADASS. They have also highlighted that promoting integration between health and social care services is not purely about changing structures or bureaucracy, but is equally about culture, behaviours and values.