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Mapping older people's needs
- Authors:
- PRESTON-SHOOT Michael, WIGLEY Veronica
- Journal article citation:
- Research Policy and Planning, 22(3), 2004, pp.35-50.
- Publisher:
- Social Services Research Group
This paper reviews the legal framework for, and the research evidence on the outcomes of community care planning. The literature on researching population needs and methods of mapping is then discussed and the experience and findings of one research project on mapping older people's needs reported. The paper concludes with observations on whether mapping need through popluation surveys is likely to make a difference to the responsiveness and quality of service provision.
Are women becoming a burden? independence, dependency and community care
- Author:
- ELLIS Kathryn
- Journal article citation:
- Social Services Research, 2, 1995, pp.1-10.
- Publisher:
- Social Services Research Group
Explores the differing and gendered meanings attached to 'independence' and 'dependency' in the newly decentralised and marketised regimes of community care, and assesses the extent to which older and disabled women are receiving the services and support they require to enable them to lead independent lives.
Packages of need: a typology of dependency
- Authors:
- THOMPSON Catherine, HIRST Michael
- Journal article citation:
- Research Policy and Planning, 12(3), 1994, pp.11-17.
- Publisher:
- Social Services Research Group
The term 'package of care' implies multiple needs. In this paper he authors aim to define these 'packages of need' by describing and interpreting patterns dependency in self-care and household activities. It is based on secondary analysis of a national survey of disabled adults in private households. A typology of dependency is developed to examine the extent of informal and service help received by people with diverse needs for help with everyday activities, and to provide population estimates. The vast majority of the most heavily dependent people relied solely on informal care and, arguably, would benefit from a community care assessment.
Assessing dependency in old people's homes: problems of purpose and method. Part 2: creating dependency measures
- Author:
- PHILLIPS D.
- Journal article citation:
- Social Services Research, 1, 1987, pp.30-46.
- Publisher:
- Social Services Research Group
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Assessing dependency in old people's homes: problems of purpose and method. Part 1: issues of policy utilisation
- Author:
- PHILLIPS D.
- Journal article citation:
- Social Services Research, 6, 1986, pp.23-44.
- Publisher:
- Social Services Research Group
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Trends in dependency in Scottish local authority old people's homes
- Authors:
- BLAND R., BLAND R.E.
- Journal article citation:
- Research Policy and Planning, 4(1/2), 1986, pp.25-30.
- Publisher:
- Social Services Research Group
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Sharing the caring in Tower Hamlets: a study of the allocation of home help hours and client dependency
- Author:
- GOULCHER E.
- Journal article citation:
- Social Services Research, 15(4/5), 1986, pp.87-111.
- Publisher:
- Social Services Research Group
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Exchange theory and helpers on the Kent community care scheme
- Author:
- QURESHI Hazel
- Journal article citation:
- Research Policy and Planning, 3(1), 1985, pp.1-9.
- Publisher:
- Social Services Research Group
This article explores some of the issues involved in using nominally paid, locally-recruited helpers in the provision of services to dependent elderly people. Using data drawn from a study of the perceptions on one group of such helps on an experimental community care project, it is argued that some of the actions and attitudes of helpers, social workers, and elderly clients could be better understood and interpreted in the light of insights derived from the literature on social exchange.
A follow-up study of trends in dependency in local authority homes for the elderly 1980-82
- Authors:
- BOOTH Tim, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Research Policy and Planning, 1(2), 1983, pp.1-9.
- Publisher:
- Social Services Research Group
This paper reports the findings of a longitudinal study of residents living in local authority homes for the elderly. Contrary to prevailing assumptions, the study shows no evidence of a continuing upward trend in levels of dependency within the residential population. Indeed, the incidence of severe dependency among newly admitted residents appears to have fallen. The paper offers a new interpretation of emerging trends and realities in the residential sector based on a careful analysis of the interplay of the forces of continuity and change.
Independence and old age: the contribution of the voluntary sector
- Author:
- JOHNSON Malcolm
- Journal article citation:
- Research Policy and Planning, 1(1), 1983, pp.12-15.
- Publisher:
- Social Services Research Group
This article explores the meaning of dependency and argues that it is not a pathology of old age. What distinguishes people who become dependent on public services is wealth, the extent if quality and personal support networks, and social status. These ideas are developed and illustrated by reference to a study of the meals on wheels service for older people.