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Equipped to pick up the pieces?
- Author:
- WHITELEY Philip
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 19.12.96, 1996, p.11.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
As more voluntary organisations are left to care for those with mental health problems, reports on concern over the use of untrained workers.
Towards a socioecological framework to support mental health caregivers: implications for social work practice and education
- Authors:
- AHMED Rana, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work in Mental Health, 16(1), 2018, pp.105-122.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Although the social work practice literature emphasises ecological interventions in mental health, little research has been done on social workers’ role in supporting family caregivers. Using a socioecological framework, the present theoretical article proposes multileveled social work interventions to support family caregivers in the context of mental health. Four levels of interventions will be highlighted: attachment and strengths-based approaches (micro system), community based interventions (meso system), national policies in the context of mental health caregiving in Canada (exo system), and lastly, the role of ideologies in shaping attitudes towards family caregivers (macro system). (Edited publisher abstract)
Private sector policies for caregiving employees: a survey of Scottish companies
- Authors:
- GILHOOLY Mary L.M., REDPATH Calum
- Journal article citation:
- Ageing and Society, 17(4), July 1997, pp.399-423.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
Examines Scottish private sector employers' policies with regard to flexible working arrangements for carers of physically and mentally impaired older people. The study asked: whether employers were aware of the needs of carers; to what extent they viewed carers' needs or responsibilities as problematic; what proportion of companies had policies regarding flexible working arrangements to accommodate carers' responsibilities; in what ways company characteristics influence policy on carers responsibilities; and what, if any, initiatives have been adopted to help employees plan for caregiving responsibilities. Results found that although private companies expressed considerable sympathy they provide little in the way of direct or indirect support for the UK community care reforms.
Laying down the law on dementia
- Author:
- EVERS Clive
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Dementia Care, 4(1), January 1996, pp.11-13.
- Publisher:
- Hawker
There is now an official legal document that recognises the social and medical challenge of dementia. This article looks at the Law Commission's report on mental incapacity which contains many ideas that could benefit people with dementia and their carers.
Co-design of a carers strategy for New South Wales: reflections on a new approach to collaborative policy making with carers
- Authors:
- McFARLANE Helen, TURVEY Karen
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Care and Caring, 1(1), 2017, pp.127-134.
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
NSW is Australia's most populous state, with 7.7 million people (about a third of the Australian population). There are 905,000 carers in NSW. Carers provide ongoing unpaid support to people who need it because of their disability, chronic illness, mental ill-health, dementia or frail age. This article looks at the New South Wales (NSW) Carers Strategy 2014–19 (NSW Department of Family and Community Services, 2014), which is a whole-of-government and whole of-community response to support carers in NSW The aim is for carers in NSW to be supported to participate in social and economic life, to be healthy, and to live well. (Edited publisher abstract)
Promoting the mental health and well-being of older people: trainer manual to support the level 3 certificate and the level 3 introductory award
- Authors:
- CLARE Alison, CUTHBERT Sharon Lee
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 333p., CD ROM
- Place of publication:
- Brighton
This training manual provides the resources and materials to deliver training to those involved in improving the mental health and well-being of older people, including paid staff, volunteers and informal carers. It includes guidance for trainers, activities and timings, and suggests learning materials and resources. The manual has been developed to support the Level 3 introductory City and Guilds Award, but can also be used to delivery non-accredited learning programmes. The contents are split into eleven units, which include: communication and relationships; working with carers, families and significant others; supporting participation; supporting older people with dementia; supporting older people with depression and anxiety; and assessment, care, support planning and risk management.
International outcome measures in mental health: quality of life, needs, service satisfaction, costs and impact on carers
- Authors:
- THORNICROFT Graham, et al
- Publisher:
- Gaskell
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 172p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This book contains five practical scales for assessing the outcomes of mental healthcare. They are the European versions of: Camberwell Assessment of Need (for unmet and met needs); Client Socio-demographic and Service Receipt Inventory (for service costs); Involvement Evaluation Questionnaire (for impact of care on family members); Lancashire Quality of Life Profile (for quality of life); Verona Service Satisfaction Scale (for service satisfaction). Each scale has been standardised (in Danish, Dutch, English, Italian and Spanish), and has been shown to be reliable and valid in all these European languages.The book contains full details of the development of these scales, manuals for their use, the scales themselves and instructions on how to use the results. These new measures will be invaluable to all those in research, evaluation, audit and management who have an interest in evidence-based policy and practice in mental healthcare.
'He's' not my carer- he's my husband': personal and policy constructions of care in mental health
- Author:
- HENDERSON Jeanette
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Work Practice, 15(2), November 2001, pp.149-159.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
The construction of 'care' in the professional and UK legislative and policy arenas has been the focus of much interest in recent years. A growing awareness of the needs of 'carers' in their own rights and a recognition of the conflicting needs of 'carers and users of services informs practice in health and social care where discourses of care focus on 'care' as duty, burden and responsibility. This article seeks to locate individual experiences of 'care' in mental health alongside the construction of 'care' in mental health policy and legislation with in the UK. It draws both on preliminary research with couples, and an analysis of the development of 'care' in policy and law. This dual analysis indicates that, while practitioners in health and social care recognise the needs of people who consider themselves to be 'carers', not all people subscribe to the identity of 'carer' or 'cared for' in their relationship.
Gender and community care: social work and social care perspectives
- Author:
- ORME Joan
- Publisher:
- Palgrave
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 276p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Basingstoke
Discusses the gender assumptions behind social work practice and community care, and reveals the impact these have on men and women as providers and recipients of care. Outlines feminist theory and relates this to the development of policy and practice in community care. Goes on to explore how assumptions coloured by gender have influenced services to different user groups, such as people with mental health problems, older people, and disabled people. Ends by examining how good practice can be developed in regard to these issues.
The primary care of schizophrenia: a conference organised by Research and Development for Psychiatry and the Department of Health and chaired by the Royal College of General Practitioners
- Editors:
- JENKINS Rachel, FIELD Vida, YOUNG Robyn
- Publisher:
- HMSO
- Publication year:
- 1992
- Pagination:
- 112p.,tables,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- London
Includes papers on: the experience of schizophrenia from a carer's point of view; mental health policy; treatment; management of schizophrenia in the community; detection and intervention; issues for general practice; the role of family health services in assessing need and distributing resources; and the shift to community mental health care and its impact on general practitioners.