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Hospital2future caring options
- Authors:
- HENDERSON Mary, comp.
- Publisher:
- Dargan Publications; Care2Share NI
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Place of publication:
- Newtownabbey
This booklet provides information for carers on the hospital discharge process and what this might mean for their caring role and future options for care. The first section looks at key issues to consider leading up to hospital discharge. The second section looks at the caring role, including the pressure carers can face and the support strategies they can use. The third section looks at choosing a care home, including emotional and practical considerations. The final section looks at consulting on financial and legal affairs. It is one of a series of three booklets developed specifically for carers of friends or relatives and those working in the caring profession. The series aims to help meet the challenges of caring, whilst also balancing these responsibilities with a carers own wellbeing.
Where2turn: an information guide for loved ones going into a care home
- Authors:
- HENDERSON Mary, comp.
- Publisher:
- Dargan Publications; Care2Share NI
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Place of publication:
- Newtownabbey
A booklet designed to help support carers in their role when a friend or relative needs to be admitted to a care home. There are four main sections. The caring role, the emotional effects of caring and dealing with stress; the practical issues of choosing a care home; finding out about financial and legal issues of someone entering a care home; and coping with bereavement. It is one of a series of three booklets developed specifically for carers of friends or relatives and those working in the caring profession. The series aims to help meet the challenges of caring, whilst also balancing these responsibilities with a carers own wellbeing.
Confident2care
- Authors:
- HENDERSON Mary, comp.
- Publisher:
- Dargan Publications; Care2Share NI
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Place of publication:
- Newtownabbey
This booklet provides information and resources to help carers build their confidence and skills. It has four main sections. These cover the Caring role, including; Dealing with Change, which highlights the importance of self-care, assertiveness, managing stress and good communication; Managing financial and legal issues; and Future Caring Options. It is one of a series of three booklets developed specifically for carers of friends or relatives and those working in the caring profession. The series aims to help meet the challenges of caring, whilst also balancing these responsibilities with a carers own wellbeing.
Unit costs of health and social care 2011
- Authors:
- CURTIS Lesley, (comp.)
- Publisher:
- Personal Social Services Research Unit
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Pagination:
- 230p., bibliog., tables
- Place of publication:
- Canterbury
This publication, now in its 19th year, provides unit costs for a wide range of health and social care services are provided using a standardised methodology. The report is organised into five main sections. Section I covers services used by a particular client group, and includes services for older people, people with mental health problems, people who misuse drugs/alcohol, people with learning disabilities, younger adults with physical and sensory impairments, services for children and their families, hospitals, and care packages. Sections II, III and IV deal with the unit costs of professionals in community-based health care, community-based social care, and hospital-based health care. Section V details the sources of information used. This volume also includes three articles which explore: information on: the costs of extra care housing; the costs and quality of Shared Lives placements; and the cost and the capacity implications for local authorities of implementing Lord Laming’s (2009) recommendations on the protection and safeguarding of children and young people.
Mental health jargon and acronym buster: a simple guide to words used in mental health
- Authors:
- HEYES Simon, (comp.)
- Publisher:
- Speak Up Somerset
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Place of publication:
- Yeovil
- Edition:
- Rev ed.
This guide provides a list of key acronyms and a glossary of terms used in mental health, together with their definitions. It also provides a mental health timeline which lists key events and policy documents that have shaped mental health policy.
Tell Mrs Mill her husband is still dead
- Authors:
- CLEGG David, (comp.)
- Publisher:
- Trebus Projects
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 253p.
- Place of publication:
- London
For more than 10 years the Trebus Project has been working to capture the memories and insights of people with dementia before their words are lost to history. So far more than more than two hundred ‘stories’ have been pieced together ranging from a few stumbling lines to more than thirty exuberant pages. This is the second of two compilations self published by the project. It contains 47 life stories assembled from the fragmented memories of people with Alzheimer’s disease and dementia in nursing homes and locked hospital wards across the country. The stories range from first hand accounts of important historical events such as the London Blitz and the Suez crisis to personal tales of counterfeit money, murder, stolen biscuits and getting drunk with Princess Margaret. Several of the stories communicate the struggle of living with dementia in episodes containing the contributor’s last spoken words. The editors aim was to give voice to a group of people who are not only marginalised, but are also often perceived as having nothing left to say. They hope to have demonstrated that everyone has a story to tell, even if it can be sometimes fragmented or difficult to interpret; all people need is for someone to truly listen.
The way I see it: personal views on user involvement, partnership working, inclusion and real life
- Authors:
- McKEEVER Brendan, (comp.)
- Publisher:
- Family Information Group
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 174p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Derry
After providing a general introduction to user participation, this document then presents the personal views, opinions and experiences of twenty four diverse contributors. Contributors include the parents of disabled children, academics, community publishers, those working in community networks and childcare partnerships, charities, research foundations, social care councils and trusts. The individual perspectives blend together to present an comprehensive overview of user involvement, in a plain, clear and accessible way.
Unit costs of health and social care 2010
- Authors:
- CURTIS Lesley, (comp.)
- Publisher:
- Personal Social Services Research Unit
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 253p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Canterbury
This publication, funded by the Department of Health and now in its 18th year, was developed with the aim of bringing together information about the costs of health and social care in a way that is transparent and compatible. Supported by an Advisory Group comprising Department of Health personnel, SCIE representatives as well as some of the foremost academics working in health and social care economics, it brings together information from a variety of sources to estimate the most up-to-date nationally-applicable unit costs for a wide range of health and social care services in England. Based in economic theory, the volumes present the unit costs and the estimation methods used, provide references for data sources and other cost-related research. Section I covers services used by a particular client group, and includes services for older people, people with mental health problems, people who misuse drugs/alcohol, people with learning disabilities, younger adults with physical and sensory impairments, services for children and their families, hospitals, and care packages. Sections II, III and IV deal with the unit costs of professionals. The publication also includes four articles on: the costs of short break provision for disabled children; the costs of the Partnerships of Older People Project; the cost of a specialised form of cognitive behavioural therapy used to treat post-traumatic stress disorder; and the cost of long term care.
Deprivation of liberty safeguards: an initial review of implementation
- Authors:
- HARGREAVES Roger, (comp.)
- Publisher:
- Mental Health Alliance
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 15p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The Mental Capacity Act Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) were introduced in England and Wales in April 2009. They allow care homes and hospitals to obtain a power to detain residents or patients who lack capacity, if this is necessary in their best interests to protect them from harm. This is an initial review of the progress of implementation based on feedback from Mental Health Alliance (MHA) members and other organisations involved in the DoLS process. The briefing highlights some positive achievements and concerns. It discusses how, so far, there has been less use of this scheme than predicted and there are big variations between different areas. Flaws in the scheme and poor understanding of it mean that people’s human rights are not being adequately protected. A number of recommendations are provided by the MHA. These include the need for the Government to look at why so few applications have been made compared to levels expected and why there are such disparities between supervisory bodies and geographical areas. They also include the need for revised guidance on the meaning of deprivation of liberty which is comprehensible to care providers, and especially to care home staff.
Raise your potential: involving young people in project planning and development
- Authors:
- CURTIS David, (comp.)
- Publisher:
- National Children's Bureau
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 73p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
The Raise Your Potential project, started in 2006 in the West Midlands, and funded by the Big Lottery, works with young people aged between 11 and 16 years of age who showed an interest in learning new skills and who wanted to do something in their own community that would benefit other local young people. The aim of this project was to develop young people’s skills in facilitation, media and research, to enable them to lead, deliver and run their own events. Based on the lessons learnt from the project, this resource toolkit is aimed at workers or project leaders, who wish to train or support young people in facilitation, research and media. Activities include: working together; communication; research; facilitation; project planning; and evaluation.