Scottish Government

REPORT OF THE JPIAF SUB-GROUP ON SINGLE SHARED ASSESSMENT PERFORMANCE MEASURES
PERFORMANCE MEASURES FOR CARERS' ASSESSMENTS - CONSULTATION PAPER

1. INTRODUCTION
1.1 JPIAF SSA Performance Measures Subgroup Members
2. PERFORMANCE AND MANAGEMENT INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS
3. PROPOSED PERFORMANCE MEASURES
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Proposed PIs and their rationale
3.3 Proposed PI specifications
3.4 Consultation questions
4. DEFINITIONS
4.1 "The Council"
4.2 Carers, Adult Carers, Young Carers
4.3 Carer's Assessments and Completed Assessments
4.4 "Assessed separately"
4.4 "Not Assessed"
4.5 Client-group
4.6 Ethnicity
4.7 "Carers in the resident population"
4.8 Definitions for the time intervals PI
4.9 Consultation Questions
5. DOUBLE-COUNTING ISSUES
5.1 People with multiple events
5.2 Carers caring for more than one person
5.3 People with more than one carer
5.4 Carers and cared for people living in different Councils
ANNEX 1: 2001 census information about the numbers of carers in Scotland
ANNEX 2: Extract from "Supporting Carers: Monitoring and Outcomes Measures - Report for the Scottish Executive"(February 2002)
ANNEX 3: Extract from Scottish Executive Circular CCD 2/2003: Guidance on Sections 8-12: Carers - Monitoring Implementation
ANNEX 4: Respite Care Statutory Performance Indicator
ANNEX 5: Recent data on carers' assessments from England and Wales