This club covers the range of services provided to older people. The club provides four sets of analysis:

PSS Ex1 Analysis By using the data already available in the PSS Ex1 we can provide a large number of comparisons quickly and without any workload for club members.

Externally Provided Residential Care Here we use the methodology developed in the 2007 'Residential Placements' club to compare the distribution of costs paid for externally provided Residential Placements. The age profile for the client group is also examined to help authorities make their projections.

Local Authority Run Residential Homes As well as looking at the unit costs we also examine the reasons authorities use internal residential provision and the specialist types of residential homes they provide.

Other Services to Older People The questionnaire will ask a number of short questions about the services provided to older people relating both to financial and operational matters. Areas covered are Commissioning & Social Work, Day Care, Direct Payments, Home Care, Individual Budgets and Performance Measures. With the current push towards individual budgets we will be collecting data to compare how far authorities have gone down this track and their experiences in doing this.

For further information, please contact Aidan Rawlinson, Benchmarking Developer on 0208 667 8569 or aidan.rawlinson@cipfa.org.uk.