gloucestershire - Research library - 'We can move' insight2024-03-28T19:36:09Zhttps://www.wecanmoveinsight.net/articles/feed/tag/gloucestershireInformal Carers in Gloucestershire Characteristics and Needhttps://www.wecanmoveinsight.net/articles/informal-carers-in-gloucestershire-characteristics-and-need2020-09-09T10:09:26.000Z2020-09-09T10:09:26.000ZAlan Inman-Wardhttps://www.wecanmoveinsight.net/members/AlanInmanWard<div><p>Source: <a href="https://inform.gloucestershire.gov.uk/media/2099485/carers-in-gloucestershire-2020-final.pdf">https://inform.gloucestershire.gov.uk/media/2099485/carers-in-gloucestershire-2020-final.pdf</a></p>
<p>July 2020</p>
<p><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}7873380861,original{{/staticFileLink}}">carers-in-gloucestershire-2020-final.pdf</a></p>
<p>Key points</p>
<p><br />Census 2011 - There were 62,644 unpaid carers (10.5% of the population) in Gloucestershire in 2011.</p>
<p>A small proportion of carers were children under the age of 16 (1.7%) but the majority were aged 50 or over (64%).</p>
<p>Impact of ageing population - The total population of Gloucestershire is projected to increase by 6.4% from 2020 to 2030 but the population aged 65 and over is increasing four times faster (25.8%). If the proportion of carers in the population stays the same, the number of carers aged 65 and over is predicted to rise from 20,157 in 2020 to 25,077 in 2030, a rise of 24.4%, with the greatest increase predicted for 80-84 year-olds (53.35%).</p>
<p>Impact of caring - Carers caring for long hours are more likely to experience poor health themselves and less likely to be economically active. Many carers face very difficult financial situations due to their caring responsibilities, despite the valuable contribution they make to society. Carers often find their own income affected by caring (for example because of having to give up work or reduce their hours to care). 39% of all carers are struggling to make ends meet and of these, 78% regularly use their own income or savings to pay for care or support services, equipment or products for the person they care for.</p>
<p>Impact of Covid-19 - 70% of unpaid carers are providing more care (an additional 10 hours of care a week on average) due to the coronavirus outbreak.<br />Who carers care for- 40% of unpaid carers look after a parent, 18% look after a spouse, partner, or cohabitee, and 17% look after a son or daughter.</p>
<p>BME carers- 7.2% of the BME population were carers, compared to 10.7% of the white population. This is mainly because BME groups have an age profile that is significantly younger than the white majority population. As the BME population ages, the proportion of BME carers is likely to increase</p></div>Gloucestershire Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy 2019-2030https://www.wecanmoveinsight.net/articles/gloucestershire-joint-health-and-wellbeing-strategy-2019-20302020-02-20T11:34:31.000Z2020-02-20T11:34:31.000ZAlan Inman-Wardhttps://www.wecanmoveinsight.net/members/AlanInmanWard<div><p>Source: <a href="https://www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/council-and-democracy/gloucestershire-health-and-wellbeing-board/our-focus/?">https://www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/council-and-democracy/gloucestershire-health-and-wellbeing-board/our-focus/?</a></p>
<p>(September 2019)</p>
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<p><strong>The Gloucestershire Health and Wellbeing Board is responsible for overseeing the development and delivery of the Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy, which aims to improve the lives of people in Gloucestershire.</strong></p>
<p>Our vision is that Gloucestershire is a place where everyone can live well, be healthy and thrive. We think that focusing on these priorities is the best way to achieve this:</p>
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<li>physical activity;</li>
<li>adverse childhood experiences;</li>
<li>mental wellbeing;</li>
<li>social isolation and loneliness;</li>
<li>healthy lifestyles;</li>
<li>early years and best start in life; and</li>
<li>housing.</li>
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<p><a title="GCC_2596 Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy_Dev8.pdf" href="https://www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/media/2091564/gcc_2596-joint-health-and-wellbeing-strategy_dev8.pdf">Click here to read the draft strategy online or download a copy to print. (PDF, 962.9 KB)</a></p>
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<p>The strategy has been developed in four main stages with community and wider stakeholder engagement at each stage. We are now at the forth stage and would welcome your views.</p>
<p><strong>Stage 1: Understanding the landscape</strong></p>
<p>There has been a wealth of previous engagement and consultation about health and wellbeing with various populations within Gloucestershire. Findings from a wide range of these were assessed to help build an understanding about what people have already told us. Mental health, loneliness and social and community connections were key themes.</p>
<p><strong>Stage 2: Informing the priority setting</strong></p>
<p>Through workshops and structured interviews, we encouraged residents to consider their top three priorities in maintaining positive health and wellbeing. This helped to inform the priority setting process.</p>
<p><strong>Stage 3: Developing a better understanding of the priorities</strong></p>
<p>This was an opportunity to feed back to communities the priorities that had been chosen and start to understand some more detail about how they viewed these priorities. This gave us better insight into what people view are the strengths and opportunities around the priorities and some examples of positive practice.</p>
<p><strong>Stage 4: Have we got it right?</strong></p>
<p>This final stage involves more engagement to check that the strategy reflects what we have heard throughout the earlier stages. Thank you to those who took the time to respond to the draft Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy. We are in the process of collating everyone’s feedback which will be presented as a report to Gloucestershire Health and Wellbeing Board. A summary of the report will be sent to those who have responded and made available on the website.</p>
<p>For more information contact: <a href="mailto:GHWB@gloucestershire.gov.uk">GHWB@gloucestershire.gov.uk</a> </p>
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<p><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}3861904947,original{{/staticFileLink}}">mental_health_needs_assessment_2017-4.pdf</a></p>
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<p><strong>Executive summary </strong></p>
<p><strong>Introduction, mental health concept and policy context</strong></p>
<p>The requirement for an adult mental health needs assessment was identified as a part of the development of a new local Mental Health and Wellbeing strategy and commissioning plans. The key objectives are to understand how the mental health needs of Gloucestershire residents aged 18 years and over, current and future prevalence of mental wellbeing and mental illness and service provision in Gloucestershire align with each other and to highlight inequalities emerging from the lack of or inadequate alignment. Recommendations are made at the end of each section and then categorised at the end of the document (Chapter 11).</p>
<p>The sources of data include a wide range from nationally published indicators to locally collated data from service providers. However, there are limitations in drawing conclusions based on this data, due to their quality and gaps.</p>
<p>Mental health is more than just the absence of illness, and neither mental nor physical health can exist alone. The essence of mental wellbeing is the fulfilment of personal and social goals and contribution to the community. Mental illness can be defined as the presence of clinically specified symptoms or behaviours obstructing emotional, cognitive and social function.</p>
<p>There are many national and local policies covering all aspects of mental health and wellbeing. The local Gloucestershire Mental Health & Wellbeing Strategy, Crisis Concordat Action Plan, Suicide Prevention Strategy and Sustainability & Transformation Plan are aligned with the objectives of the national strategies: No health without mental health, Mental Health Crisis Care Concordat programme, Preventing suicide in England and the Five Year Forward View for Mental Health. The main focus of these policies is to ensure that the effective prevention is in place and to improve the services and practices to make sure people get the help they need.</p></div>