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Advance care planning
- Authors:
- SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE, NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH AND CARE EXCELLENCE
- Publishers:
- Social Care Institute for Excellence, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2019
- Pagination:
- 4
- Place of publication:
- London
Advance care planning can make the difference between a future where a person makes their own decisions and a future where others do. This short guide explains how advance care planning offers people the opportunity to plan their future care and support, including medical treatment, while they have the capacity to do so. It covers: providing information, helping people decide, developing advance care plans, and recording and sharing advance care plans. The guide has been co-produced by NICE and SCIE and is based on NICE’s guideline on decision-making and mental capacity. (Edited publisher abstract)
The prioritisation of choice in eldercare: the case of Ireland
- Author:
- LOLICH Luciana
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Care and Caring, 3(4), 2019, pp.517-530.
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
In recent decades, there has been a prioritisation of choice in eldercare in many Western countries. In many policy documents, choice is framed as giving older adults the choice to be cared for at home. The article draws on secondary sources to trace the impact of a logic of choice in eldercare in Ireland. It situates the analysis within the re-conceptualisation of care as a commodity and the home-care worker as the most ‘efficient’ option. The article examines the limitations of choice and questions whether choice should be the most important aspect of care in old age. (Publisher abstract)
How we assess whether a care service needs to be registered: guidance for regulation managers and inspectors
- Author:
- COMMISSION FOR SOCIAL CARE INSPECTION
- Publisher:
- Commission for Social Care Inspection
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 9p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This guidance aims to help regulation managers and inspectors to understand what needs to be considered when assessing whether a service needs be registered under the Care Standards Act 2000. The guidance provides: a guide through a series of key decisions; questions that will prompt thinking when looking at the evidence; examples to show how the guidance can be applied; and explanation of how to reach an overall judgement. It is practical guidance and should be read in conjunction with the ‘Policy and Guidance: Assessing whether a care service needs to be registered’.
Journal of Care Services Management
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
This peer-reviewed quarterly journal is aimed at those directly involved in, or concerned with, the management of care homes and services, at a strategic and operational level. Coverage includes care homes; nursing homes; domiciliary care; extra-care; care commissioning; PCTs; local authority social care services; the impact of government policy and legislation on care services and the regulation of care homes and services. This journal is indexed and abstracted selectively on Social Care Online.
Facilitating choice and control for older people in long-term care
- Author:
- BOYLE Geraldine
- Journal article citation:
- Health and Social Care in the Community, 12(3), May 2004, pp.212-220.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Community care reforms enabled some older people with severe disabilities to remain at home with domiciliary care services as an alternative to institutional admission. This paper explores the extent to which the reforms actually enabled people receiving domiciliary care to have greater choice and control in their daily lives than those in institutions using findings from a comparative study in Greater Belfast, Northern Ireland, that determined the extent to which subjective quality of life, particularly autonomy, varied according to type of setting. Interviews were held with 214 residents in 45 residential and nursing homes and 44 older people receiving domiciliary care in private households using a structured schedule. Subjective autonomy was assessed using a measure of perceived choice consisting of 33 activities relating to aspects of everyday life such as when to get up or see visitors or friends and how much privacy was available. Qualitative data were also recorded which informed on the older people's perspectives on their own lives, particularly the extent to which they exercised choice on a daily basis. The study found that older people living in institutions perceived themselves to have greater decisional autonomy in their everyday lives than those receiving domiciliary care. Indeed, it was clear that living at home did not ensure that one's decisional autonomy would be supported. However, living alone may facilitate exercising a relatively higher degree of autonomy when living at home. While community care reforms have provided some older people with severe disabilities with the option of receiving care at home, this has not necessarily enabled them to have greater choice and control in their everyday lives than older people admitted to institutions.
Giving medicines covertly: overcoming the challenges
- Author:
- SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE
- Publisher:
- Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2019
- Place of publication:
- London
SCIE webinar, recorded 27 September 2019, covering evidence-based practical solutions for overcoming challenges to giving medicines covertly. Panel members were Cherise Howson, Pharmacist, Croydon CCG; Celia Osuagwu, Pharmacist Specialist, Care Quality Commission Medicines Optimisation Team; and Melanie Weatherley - CEO Walnut Care at Home. (Edited publisher abstract)
Deaths involving COVID-19 in the care sector, England and Wales: deaths occurring up to 1 May 2020 and registered up to 9 May 2020
- Author:
- OFFICE FOR NATIONAL STATISTICS
- Publisher:
- Office for National Statistics
- Publication year:
- 2020
- Pagination:
- 20
- Place of publication:
- London
Provisional figures on deaths involving the coronavirus (COVID-19) within the care sector, in England and Wales. The report shows that since the beginning of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic (between the period 2 March and 1 May 2020) there were 45,899 deaths of care home residents (wherever the death occurred). COVID-19 was the leading cause of death in male care home residents and the second leading cause of death in female care home residents, after Dementia and Alzheimer disease. Between 10 April 2020 and 8 May 2020 there were 3,161 deaths of recipients of domiciliary care in England – this was 1,990 deaths higher than the three-year average (1,171 deaths). (Edited publisher abstract)
Free personal and nursing care, Scotland, 2011
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Government
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Government
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Pagination:
- 33p., tables
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Statistical Release presenting the latest figures on the numbers of people receiving free personal care (FPC) and free nursing care (FNC) in Scotland since its introduction 1 July 2002. The figures also present a picture of how much Local Authorities spend on providing personal care services.
Department of Finance and Personnel memorandum on the tenth report from the Public Accounts Committee session 2007-2008: older people and domiciliary care
- Author:
- NORTHERN IRELAND. Department of Finance and Personnel
- Publisher:
- Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 10p.
- Place of publication:
- Belfast
The Committee agrees with the Department that care packages must be tailored to meet the individual’s needs. However, the Committee recommends that institutional care should be used only in cases where domiciliary care is not a feasible option. The vast majority of older people want to remain independent, in their own homes and in control of their own lives for as long as possible. If these objectives are to have a significant impact on the future development of care services for older people, the Committee would expect to see a substantial shift in funding from institutional to domiciliary care.
Involving families in care homes: a relationship-centred approach to dementia care
- Authors:
- WOODS Bob, KEADY John, SEDDON Diane
- Publisher:
- Jessica Kingsley
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 143p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Families often wrestle with the decision to move a person with dementia into a care home. The decision can be highly charged and emotional, involving feelings of loss, sadness and guilt. Moreover, developing a good relationship between the family and the care home is not an easy matter. In this accessible guide the authors take person-centred dementia care a step forward by outlining ways in which care homes can help families to become partners in the caring process. Using case examples, quotations and research-based evidence, the authors offer practical advice and good practice guidelines for supporting relatives who choose to be involved in the care of people with dementia living in a care home, as well as highlighting the value of this involvement. The book is written in an easy-to-read style and incorporates useful features such as checklists for reviewing current practices and summaries of key points for each chapter.