Guide to making a strategic shift to prevention and early intervention

Added on 22/10/2008

This section provides practical guidance to local authorities and health communities on how to make a strategic shift to prevention and early intervention. In doing this it draws on the experiences and evidence emerging from the first two years of the Partnerships for Older People Projects (POPP) programme and other related initiatives such as the Department for Work and Pensions' Linkage Plus programme. The guide focuses on promoting the independence and wellbeing of older people and is intended to develop over time to include transferable learning for other client groups.

This resource is aimed at supporting key groups of people:-

• Those people leading the transformation of social care and implementation of Putting People First
• Commissioners in health and social care with a responsibility for older people's services
• Leaders from a range of public sector organisations who are involved in the whole systems work, under the auspices of Local Strategic Partnerships and the Local Area Agreement, to promoted the quality of life of older people.
• Older People's Champions and those supporting the involvement of older people

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