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Sustainability, innovation and empowerment: a five year vision for the independent social care sector
- Author:
- CARE ENGLAND
- Publisher:
- Care England
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Pagination:
- 31
- Place of publication:
- London
Sets out Care England’s vision for the next five years on how the organisation and the sector plan to deal with a number of issues facing the health and social care system. The report focuses on critical areas of the current social care landscape, including: integrated and person-centred care; falling fees and local authorities’ budgetary constraints; recruitment of nurses; recruitment, pay and training of the care workforce; raising awareness of the value of the sector; the Care Quality Commission and the need for further improvement of the regulation process; learning disabilities; and dementia. The report warns of the risk of a collapse in the system if providers and commissioners do not work together and more nurses are not recruited into the independent sector. (Edited publisher abstract)
Community care statistics 2001: private nursing homes, hospitals and clinics
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 36p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Contains information for the financial years 2000-2001 on independent sector nursing homes, private hospitals and clinics registered under Section 23 of the Registered Homes Act 1984.
Community care statistics 2000: private nursing homes, hospitals and clinics
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 36p.,tables.
- Place of publication:
- London
Contains information for the financial years 1999/2000 on independent sector nursing homes, private hospitals and clinics registered under Section 23 of the Registered Homes Act 1984.
Community care statistics 1999: private nursing homes, hospitals and clinics
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 32p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Contains information for the financial years 1997/98 and 1998/99 on independent sector nursing homes, private hospitals and clinics registered under Section 23 of the Registered Homes Act 1984.
Adults with Down Syndrome and Alzheimer's Disease:comparison of services received in group homes and in special care units
- Author:
- CHAPUT Jenifer L.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 38(1/2), 2002, pp.197-211.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
An increasing number of people with Down syndrome are at risk of dementia resulting from Alzheimer's disease. Many reside in community group homes. When they are affected by dementia, the challenge to agencies providing group homes is how to best provide continued housing and provide effective dementia-related care management. In the general population, long term care is typically provided in nursing facilities, often in special care units (SCUs). This study evaluated select factors found in group homes andSCUs to determine which is able to provide a better quality of life for people with Downsyndrome affected by dementia. Results indicate that group homes can provide conditions associated with better quality of life and, additionally, operate with lower staffing costs due to the non-utilization of medical staff.