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Home care experience survey 2018
- Author:
- NORTHERN IRELAND. Department of Health. Information and Analysis Directorate
- Publisher:
- Northern Ireland. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2019
- Pagination:
- 28
- Place of publication:
- Belfast
A report on the 2018 survey of home care service users in Northern Ireland, covering key demographics and focusing on what help they received, how the service was delivered and what users thought of the service they received. A total 8,887 completed questionnaires were received, a response rate of 38 per cent. Key findings show that 94 percent of respondents rated the home care service they received as either ‘very good’ or ‘good’, an improvement on the 2009 survey. (Edited publisher abstract)
When you're smiling
- Author:
- WIXON Miranda
- Journal article citation:
- Care and Health Magazine, 20.7.04, 2004, p.35.
- Publisher:
- Care and Health
Reports on the findings of a City and Guilds poll which found that care assistants make up the happiest section of Britain's workforce. The research was based on interviews with 1,054 employees, of which 519 were in the academic profession and 535 in vocational occupations.
User friendly
- Author:
- WHITE Elaine
- Journal article citation:
- Insight, 6.6.90, 1990, pp.27-29.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Publishing
Responding to the call to take account of service users' views, St Helens enlisted the help of Manchester Business School to produce a system which has enabled it to develop and target its home care services where they are needed most.
Care of people with HIV infection in the community
- Author:
- WOLF Jan
- Publisher:
- South Bank Polytechnic. Department of Community Health & Nursing Studies
- Publication year:
- 1990
- Pagination:
- 132p., tables, diags., bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- London
Reports on a comprehensive survey of the needs of people with AIDS living at home, the training needs of District Nurses, and the organisation of services.
Informal carers: a study carried out on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Security as part of the 1985 General Household Survey
- Authors:
- GREEN Hazel, GREAT BRITAIN. Office of Population Censuses and Surveys. Social Survey Division
- Publisher:
- HMSO
- Publication year:
- 1988
- Pagination:
- 41p., tables.
- Place of publication:
- London
The use of domiciliary services by the elderly: a survey
- Author:
- EVANDROU Maria
- Publisher:
- London School of Economics. Suntory Toyota International Centre for Economics an
- Publication year:
- 1987
- Pagination:
- 62p., tables, bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Family-centered practices in home-based support for families with children with an intellectual disability: judgments of parents and professionals
- Authors:
- VANDERKERKEN Lien, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 25(3), 2021, pp.331-347.
- Publisher:
- Sage
- Place of publication:
- London
Background: The realization of the family-centered approach (FCA) in home-based support (HBS) for families with children with an intellectual disability (ID) in Flanders was investigated, and parents’ and family workers’ perspectives were compared. The relation between parents’ educational level, the family worker’s education, and his/her experience in HBS; and parents’ and family workers’ judgments on the realization of the FCA was considered. Method: Parents (N = 58 families) and family workers (N = 46) completed the helpgiving practices scale and the enabling practices scale. Results:The FCA was largely present, parents rated its realization higher than family workers. Considering family workers’ answers, parents’ educational level appeared an important factor for parental autonomy. Conclusions: The study confirms recent research on the realization of the FCA. Including different perspectives, a nuanced view on the realization of the FCA was obtained. Further research on the concrete meaning, interpretation, and elaboration of the FCA is needed. (Edited publisher abstract)
The impact of migrant work in the elder care sector: recent trends and empirical evidence in Italy
- Authors:
- ROSA Mirko Di, et al
- Journal article citation:
- European Journal of Social Work, 15(1), 2012, pp.9-27.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
This article analyses the phenomenon of migrant care work in the Italian elder care sector. Due to current demographic, economic and socio-cultural trends, the potential availability of informal family care has been decreasing while, on the other hand, still strong familistic attitudes have so far limited the emergence of home and residential care services. A care regime has gradually developed in which monetary transfers to dependent older people are often used to privately employ migrant care workers. This is analysed in the context of 2 different studies carried out in Italy in 2004-2005. The Italian survey for the EUROFAMCARE study was conducted on 990 family caregivers of older people, and the DIPO survey was conducted on 220 foreign women privately employed by families to provide care to older people in Central Italy. The article uses the results of these surveys to discuss the impact of migrant care work on both family care and professional care work in Italy. The main findings suggest that the widespread employment of migrant care workers, propelled by public care allowances, has certainly relieved many families from most burdensome care tasks, but at the same time partly ‘crowded out’ formal care services. Care quality issues remain, however, largely under-investigated, as do care drain effects in sending countries.
Using survey data to measure changes in the quality of home care: analysis of the older people's user experience survey 2006
- Authors:
- MALLEY Juliette, NETTEN Ann, JONES Karen
- Publisher:
- Personal Social Services Research Unit
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 110p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Canterbury
The development of the User experience Survey (UES) and the inclusion of the user’s perspective in the Performance Assessment Framework (PAF) were novel and important steps forward in the world of performance assessment and monitoring of social services. Commentators had previously criticised the lack of connectedness between the performance/quality and user involvement agendas and these developments represented real steps forward in meeting this goal. Analysis from the 2003 extension to the UES for older people has demonstrated that user experience measures can usefully discriminate between Local Authorities (LAs). While his new research raises some important questions, this type of approach is clearly an improvement on performance measurement based on processes and inputs. Fifty authorities took part with representation from all Government Office Regions and LA types. Analysis of responses to the compulsory questions and comparison with responses to these questions nationally revealed very similar proportions responding to each category. We can assume from these findings that the sample of authorities is broadly representative of the views of service users across England.
ADASS home care and workforce snap survey: September 2021
- Author:
- ASSOCIATION OF DIRECTORS OF ADULT SOCIAL SERVICES
- Publisher:
- Association of Directors of Adult Social Services
- Publication year:
- 2021
- Pagination:
- 9
- Place of publication:
- London
The ADASS survey was carried out in August 2021 and was completed by 69 Director of Adult Social Services (45% of councils in England). They were asked how waiting lists, homecare hours delivered and people not getting the kind of care they would choose. The report suggests that nearly 300,000 people (294,353) are waiting for social care assessments, care and support or reviews. This figure has increased by just over a quarter (26%) over the last three months. Drilling down into the headline figure - 70,000 people are waiting for care assessments (up from 55,000 at the time of the ADASS Spring Survey 2021). 11,000 people have been waiting for more than six months (compared to 7,000 at the time of the ADASS Spring Survey). The number of hours of care that are needed locally but that there is not the capacity to deliver has doubled over the last six-month period. 13% of people are being offered care and support such as residential care that they would not have chosen, due to recruitment and retention issues. The findings point to funding pressures and delays in assessments from social workers and shows that whilst councils are delivering more care and support in people’s homes, people are waiting longer for vital care assessments and reviews. The findings also suggest that there are fundamental issues relating to hospital discharges, increasing requests for care and support, and the detrimental impact of decision-making on the lives of so many older and disabled people. The findings reaffirm and compound what was found in the earlier ADASS Activity Survey (June 2021) and Spring Survey (July 2021), which showed increasing requests to local authorities for care and support in their own homes, growing levels of unmet need, people waiting longer, and more people missing out on vital care and support. (Edited publisher abstract)