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Our forgotten elders: older people on the streets and in hostels
- Author:
- CRANE Maureen
- Publisher:
- Mungo's Housing Association
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 54p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Describes the problems and needs of older homeless people, and looks at effective ways to help them. Examines the prevalence of homelessness among older people; discusses common physical and mental health problems; service provision for this group, with examples of projects and individual case histories; current policy and funding issues; and recommendations for future practice.
Economic activity and social functioning of residents with psychiatric disorders
- Authors:
- MELTZER Howard, et al, GREAT BRITAIN. Office of Population Censuses and Surveys
- Publisher:
- HMSO
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 83p.,tables.
- Place of publication:
- London
Report of a survey looking at psychiatric morbidity amongst people with mental health problems who are in residential care, including: hospitals, nursing homes, residential care homes and other types of residential accommodation. Presents data on residents with: schizophrenia; delusional or schizoaffective disorders; affective psychoses; neurotic disorders in respect of their economic activity; difficulty with activities of daily living; social functioning; and use of alcohol, drugs and tobacco.
Anyone at home?: adult residential services; a handbook on visits for councillors
- Author:
- ASSOCIATION OF METROPOLITAN AUTHORITIES
- Publisher:
- Association of Metropolitan Authorities
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 38p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Handbook drawing on guidance produced by the Department of Health.
What do female clients want from residential treatment? the relationship between expressed and assessed needs, psychosocial characteristics, and program outcome
- Authors:
- HOHMAN Melinda, LOUGHRAN Hilda
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Dual Diagnosis, 9(1), 2013, pp.3-10.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Objective: Meeting the needs of clients receiving substance use services is related to programme engagement and retention. Using Bradshaw's (1972) classic taxonomy of needs as a framework, the purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between clients’ expressed needs for their treatment experiences as compared to their formally assessed or normative needs. How expressed needs are related to demographic and other characteristics and programme exit status was also explored. Methods: Secondary analysis of evaluation data gathered for other purposes was utilised. Data including demographic and drug use variables were obtained from client charts (N = 237) in a residential treatment agency serving women with co-occurring disorders who were homeless. Clients were administered the Addiction Severity Index-Multimedia Version (ASI-MV) to assess treatment or normative needs. They were also asked to complete the 69-item needs assessment questionnaire, “What I Want From Treatment” (Miller & Brown, 1994). Items that had the highest mean scores were submitted to a principal components analysis for data reduction to determine expressed needs. Bivariate analyses were used to determine the relationships between three expressed needs factors (alcohol/drug, psychological, and housing/employment) and ASI composite scores, demographic characteristics, and exit status. Results: There was no relationship between expressed needs and ASI scores except between the housing/employment factor and medical needs. Race, ethnicity, criminal justice status and drug of choice had no relationship to expressed needs. Those who were referred by a community agency had higher scores on the alcohol/drug factor as compared to those who were self-referred or referred by the criminal justice system. Clients receiving psychiatric medications were less likely to ask for help on psychological and housing/employment factors. There was no association between expressed needs at intake and programme exit status. Conclusions: Race and supervision status did not appear to be barriers to asking for help. Clients’ expressed needs were not related to the severity of their assessed problems, indicating that separate constructs were being measured. Including both expressed and assessed needs may be important in holistic treating planning and intervention. (Publisher abstract)
Standards used by the Social Services Inspectorate: volume 5; disability and mental health services
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health. Social Services Inspectorate
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health. Social Services Inspectorate
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 108p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Contains standards and criteria for the inspection of: services for people who misuse alcohol and drugs; services for people with HIV/AIDS; the care programme approach; special hospitals; medium secure units; services to deaf and hard of hearing people; community services for disabled people; and services for disabled young people.
Report on services for elderly and mentally ill people in the Basingstoke and North Hampshire Health District
- Authors:
- NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE. HEALTH ADVISORY SERVICE, GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health. Social Services Inspectorate
- Publisher:
- National Health Service. Health Advisory Service/Department of Health. Social Se
- Publication year:
- 1989
- Pagination:
- 52p., tables.
- Place of publication:
- Sutton
Mental disorder: its care and treatment
- Author:
- LYTTLE Jack
- Publisher:
- Bailliere Tindall
- Publication year:
- 1986
- Pagination:
- 455p.,illus.,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- London
Social care in London: trends in social services activity 1993-97
- Editor:
- FLATLEY John
- Publisher:
- London Research Centre
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 186p.,tables.
- Place of publication:
- London
Report bringing together a wide range of data on social services activity in London. Examines the pressure on London's services in the context of an active Government agenda to tackle social exclusion and modernise social services. Includes chapters on: London's population; social indicators; children; older people; people with learning difficulties; people with sensory impairments; disabled people; mental health; drug and alcohol misuse; day and domiciliary care; residential care for adults; and resources and charging for social care.
Creating a home from home: a guide to standards
- Author:
- RESIDENTIAL FORUM
- Publisher:
- Residential Forum
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 100p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Guide presenting a new approach to setting and judging standards in residential homes in the United Kingdom. Focuses on quality of life of residents as the starting point for more practical issues. Puts the needs, wishes and convenience of users first.
Collaborative community mental health care
- Editors:
- WATKINS Mary, et al
- Publisher:
- Arnold
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 384p.,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- London
Includes papers on: teamwork among professionals involved with disturbed families; integrating hospital and community services; policy and finance for community care; primary health care; day care and rehabilitation services; community care, community compulsion and the law; the role of the voluntary sector; managing the psychiatric emergency in the community; interventions with long-term clients; coping with drug and alcohol misuse; shifting into community focus; dealing with psychosis in families; liaison psychiatry and primary health care settings; long-term medication and the responsibilities of the team; daily living skills for clients in the community; support for community psychiatric nurses in multidisciplinary teams; principles of evaluation; evaluating community services; and multidisciplinary care in the community for users with mental health problems - guidelines for the future.