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Demonstrating successful care in the community
- Editors:
- CAMBRIDGE Paul, KNAPP Martin
- Publisher:
- University of Kent. Personal Social Services Research Unit
- Publication year:
- 1988
- Pagination:
- 66p., tables.
- Place of publication:
- Canterbury
A series of papers from regional seminars held in 1987-1988 which discussed the 28 1983 DHSS Care in the Community Projects.
At what cost? Using cost information for purchasing and providing community care for people with learning disabilities
- Authors:
- CAMBRIDGE Paul, KNAPP Martin
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 25(1), 1997, pp.7-12.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Argues the case for a more informed use of cost information in services for people with learning disabilities, using examples from research into the costs and outcomes of care in the community. Believes that commissioners and providers of services should address a number of methodological considerations when using cost information to purchase services or review their competitiveness or cost-effectiveness. Principles using information are offered, including comprehensiveness, taking account of variations, making comparisons and linking costs with outcomes. The wider implications for commissioners and providers are then discussed in the context of policy issues and management concerns.
Care in the community: five years on; life in the community for people with learning disabilities
- Authors:
- CAMBRIDGE Paul, HAYES Lesley, KNAPP Martin
- Publisher:
- Arena
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 121p.,tables,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Aldershot
Research study looking at key aspects of the lives of more than 200 people with learning difficulties who left long-stay hospital for the community in the mid-1980's. Evaluates the community care services they received, service principles and practices and outcomes and effectiveness. Looks at staffing issues, organisation and management of services, costs, and care management.