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Flexible care can be just a jive
- Author:
- TAYLOR Carolyn
- Journal article citation:
- Care Plan, 8(1), September 2001, pp.28-30.
- Publisher:
- Positive Publications/ Anglia Polytechnic University, Faculty of Health and Social Work
Reports on one of the winners of the health and social care awards. Looks at the use of "flexible carers" in Oxfordshire, who provided regular home based support to older people suffering from functional mental illness or dementia.
Citizenship and community in mental health: a joint national programme for social inclusion and community partnership
- Author:
- MORRIS David
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Review, 6(3), September 2001, pp.21-24.
- Publisher:
- Pier Professional
Describes the key themes and projects of the Citizenship and Community Programme, an 18 month project.
When parents have a mental illness
- Author:
- ANYAEGBUNAM Jane
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 13.12.01, 2001, pp.39-40.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
Explains why child and adult services must collaborate if the care of children whose parents have mental health problems is to be improved.
Supporting families with a mentally ill parent: European perspectives on interagency cooperation
- Authors:
- HETHERINGTON Rachael, BAISTOW Karen
- Journal article citation:
- Child Abuse Review, 10(5), September 2001, pp.351-365.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Reports on the findings of a cross-country comparison of cooperation between services for community mental health and child protection in 11 states. The authors consider the implications of the findings for English practice. The cross-country comparisons demonstrate the ways in which differences in structures, resources, expectations and attitudes affect professional responses and the experiences of families. A comparison of commonalities and differences highlights the problems that are shared across countries, and alternative ways of responding to them at ground level. The factors that facilitate a good outcome are analysed in relation to English practice and service structures. Highlights the implications of the findings for policy and practice.
Time to design upwards in mental health services for older people
- Author:
- GOSS Tony
- Journal article citation:
- Care Plan, 7(3), March 2001, pp.18-22.
- Publisher:
- Positive Publications/ Anglia Polytechnic University, Faculty of Health and Social Work
Four main areas of working need improvement if services for older people with mental health needs are to match the aspirations of the National Service Framework for Older People and the NHS plan. Describes what needs to be done and says that in the future we should be designing services from the recipient upwards.
Mental health services for older people towards an integrates approach
- Author:
- MIDDLETON Tony
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Review, 6(2), June 2001, pp.22-24.
- Publisher:
- Pier Professional
This article describes how Thurrock Council Social Services Department and South Essex Mental Health and Community Care NHS Trust launched a joint initiative to develop an integrated service strategy and implementation plan for older people's mental health services in Thurrock. The main principles of the approach were: service user and carer involvement, the active participation of mental health professionals working directly with service users and carers, representatives from all key agencies involved in the planning process.
Evaluation of the implementation of the mental health review in Somerset: results after fifteen months of data collection
- Authors:
- GULLIVER Pauline, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Managing Community Care, 9(1), February 2001, pp.14-21.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
This article presents the second set of results from the evaluation of the implementation of joint commissioning and combined provision of mental health services in Somerset. Looks specifically at the impact of the changes on users and carers; the impact on professional staff; identification of the aspirations and view of the agencies involved in the joint commissioning and joint provision of mental health services in Somerset.
Developing a joint mental health strategy for elders
- Author:
- HILL Kathryn
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Review, 6(2), June 2001, pp.14-17.
- Publisher:
- Pier Professional
Reports on the development of a joint mental health strategy for older people in a central London Borough. The project brought together clinicians and practitioners from a variety of settings, the voluntary sector, and users and carers. The aim of the project was to develop a shared philosophy of care based on promoting independence and from this to identify the components of a spectrum of care that would meet the wide range of needs of elders with mental ill health. The borough had high levels of deprivation, unemployment and poor housing. In addition there was a rich ethnic diversity within the borough.