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Help I need someone: care management and family carers of people with mental health problems
- Author:
- SIMIC Paul
- Journal article citation:
- Practice: Social Work in Action, 7(2), 1995, pp.23-34.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Looks at carer views of the help they receive, both formal and informal, and their views of help they themselves and the sufferer need. Shows that support from family carers and friends was limited, and that services did not meet their or the sufferers' needs.
Improving equity and efficiency in British community care
- Authors:
- DAVIES Bleddyn, KNAPP Martin
- Journal article citation:
- Social Policy and Administration, 28(3), September 1994, pp.263-285.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
The reform of community and long-term care has been an important theme of policy development around the world during the last decade. British community care is a particularly interesting and impressive example of changes which have parallels in other countries. They include: achieving greater flexibility in the response to the needs and wishes of users and carers; containing costs increases and achieving greater cost-effectiveness; consolidation of structures; competition, variety and choice in a mixed economy; care management and assessment; clarity in targeting; improvement of mechanisms for orchestrating the system. Reviews the evidence on equity and efficiency in British community care: resources, needs and outcomes, and, in particular, targeting and the production of welfare.
Older people with dementia and social work: lessons to be learned from an evaluative study
- Author:
- HARDWICK Louise
- Journal article citation:
- Practice: Social Work in Action, 12(2), 2000, pp.33-44.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Examines the impact and resource implications of providing dedicated social care to older people with dementia in a local authority in the North West of England. It examines a pilot project which addressed these issues within the context of specialised care management arrangements. The particular challenges of meeting the needs of older people with dementia are discussed, together with the shortfalls of a welfare model geared to providing practical support when their needs often include emotional and psychological support. This article then examines how well the project responded to the local needs of the piloted population. It considers with an analysis of the implications of the findings for other local authorities seeking to sustain an effective service for older people with dementia.
Flexible friends
- Author:
- Newton Jennifer
- Journal article citation:
- Health Service Journal, 23.9.99, 1999, pp.24-25.
- Publisher:
- Emap Healthcare
Although community support worker schemes in mental health can create logistical headaches, the author argues that they meet client's more simple needs of companionship and conversation.
Managing care at home
- Author:
- LEAR Geraldine
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 3.2.93, 1993, pp.26-27.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
Looks at the Research and Development in Psychiatry pilot projects, which are test sites for single-agency and multi-agency care management with people with severe enduring mental health problems, and analyses the assessment schedules drawn up by RDP in conjunction with the projects, which cover health and social care under ten headings - physical health, mental health, medication, finance, housing, home supports, daily living skills, legal, occupation/daytime activity and social networks.
Managed care networks improve perinatal mental healthcare for black and minority ethnic (BME) women?
- Author:
- EDGE Dawn
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Public Mental Health, 10(3), 2011, pp.151-163.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Noting that perinatal mental illness (maternal mental ill-health during pregnancy and early motherhood) is a serious public health issue and affects women from all ethnic backgrounds, this article argues that structural inequalities increase the likelihood of under detection and treatment among black and minority ethnic (BME) women. A national survey to examine perinatal mental health provision, and potential unmet needs among BME women, in England and Wales was undertaken between September 2009 and March 2010. Information was collected from a sample of coordinators of regional perinatal networks and other key perinatal mental health care stakeholders, using a questionnaire developed specifically for the survey. 45 health and social care professionals responded to the survey and there were 14 follow-up telephone interviews. This article presents and discusses the findings concerning professional stakeholders' views about current perinatal mental health provision and BME women, and proposals to improve this through managed care networks (linked groups of professionals working together). It concludes that proposals to improve perinatal mental health provision for women in general and BME women in particular by developing more holistic care pathways are timely, and includes recommendations to address issues in key areas.
The multiple needs assessment and care management pack: homeless multiple needs partnership
- Author:
- PHOENIX HOUSE
- Publisher:
- Phoenix House
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 26p.,floppy disc.
- Place of publication:
- London
The Multiple Needs Assessment and Care Management Package is a 27 page document which is designed as tool for the assessment of homeless people with mental health problems. It is accompanied by assessment forms contained on a 3.5” computer disc. The pack looks holistically at the presenting needs of an individual. It also enables assessors to: prioritise client needs; action those needs appropriately; and, to develop an effective evaluation process, i.e. working with clients on achievable, realistic goals, with scope for re-negotiation as required. The pack is designed on the assumption that the Assessor is competent in assessment practice and has a good understanding of the parameters that are involved.
Conversing with clients: a generic approach to mental health needs assessment
- Author:
- FIRTH Malcolm T.
- Journal article citation:
- Practice: Social Work in Action, 11(2), 1999, pp.35-48.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Good practice requires mental health professionals to engage service users in a reciprocal working relationship, and good assessment underpins care management and the Care Programme Approach. This article examines how a structure form of needs assessment, the Manchester Care Assessment Schedule, can encourage purposeful conversations between clients and workers which assist engagement, and which are relevant to care plans and to review.
Into the wilderness?
- Authors:
- FORD Richard, ROSE Diana
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 28.8.97, 1997, pp.2-4.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The authors support the view that integrated care for users of mental health services can support service users in the community, oversee their safety and that of the public, and allay public fears aroused by high-profile cases that go wrong.
Choice, information and dignity: involving users and carers in care management in mental health
- Authors:
- CARPENTER John, SBARAINI Silvia
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 105p.
- Place of publication:
- Bristol
Describes the development and evaluation of an integrated approach to care management and care programming which involves empowering users and carers involved with the mental health system. The study is an example of participatory research and uses quantitative and qualitative methods to assess user and carer involvement. Looks at how mental health services can be more responsive to the needs of people with severe and long-term mental health problems and at whether it is possible to involve service users and carers effectively in developing plans for their care and treatment in the community.