The business case for LinkAge Plus
by Peter Watt and Ian Blair
This research presents the business case for LinkAge Plus. It brings together key findings on the costs and benefits of LinkAge Plus from across eight pilot areas, as well as drawing on wider literature on the benefits of preventative services for older people. The aim of LinkAge Plus was to test the limits of holistic working between central and local government and the voluntary and community sector, with a goal to improve the wellbeing of older people. There is no one LinkAge Plus model, with each of the pilot areas taking a different approach based on the needs of older people in their area. However, there were common themes based around stronger partnership working, better information and access to services, and putting older people at the centre of service design and delivery. Taken together, this can be said to represent a 'LinkAge Plus approach'.
Errata and Addendum
Please note that a new version of this report was uploaded on 30th July 2009. In the original version of this report, published 16th July 2009, tables 2.1, 2.2, 2.3 and 2.4 should have read "Present value" and "Net present value" throughout. The version available here is the correct version.
July 2009 84 pages 297x210mm
ISBN ISBN 978-1-84712-517-0
(605KB)