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National care standards: care homes for people with mental health problems
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Government
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Government
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 66p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
- Edition:
- Rev ed.
The National Care Standards Committee was set up by the Scottish Government to develop national standards in collaboration with a number of working groups including service users and service providers. They are designed to be from the point of view of service users to help them to understand what they can expect from the service provider. They may also be of use to service providers to help them know what is expected of them. The standards in this publication cover care homes for people with mental health problems. These services provide accommodation together with nursing and personal care or support to people with mental health problems. People with mental health problems may choose to stay in a care home permanently, or for regular planned short breaks. Staff should be able to cater for individual’s changing needs so they should not have to move if they become ill. The standards are grouped under 4 headings: before moving in; settling in; day-to-day life; and moving on.
User-led assessment of a recovery service using DREEM
- Authors:
- DINNIS Stephen, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Psychiatric Bulletin, 31(4), April 2007, pp.124-127.
- Publisher:
- Royal College of Psychiatrists
The aim was to develop a service development plan supporting recovery-based practice through collaborative service user-led methodology, and contribute to the National Institute for Mental Health in England (NIMHE) pilot evaluation of recovery sensitive measures. Staff, residents and service user group representatives collaborated in implementing the Developing Recovery Enhancing Environments Measure (DREEM) in a residential rehabilitation service. Staff and residents demonstrated a shared vision of recovery. Many areas were being addressed to a high level but others showed areas of deficiency, and illustrated discrepant views between staff and residents, which provided a focus for the development of a clinical service action plan. As an experimental measure DREEM provides a user-led structure, which enables services to measure their commitment to, and effectiveness in, providing recovery-based care. It focuses service development and enhances collaborative work with service users, thus mirroring the principles of recovery it measures. It merits further evaluation and consolidation.
A suggested push model for interpreting the dilemmas of institutional care, community care and family care of mental-health consumers
- Author:
- YIP Kam-Shing
- Journal article citation:
- International Social Work, 49(6), November 2006, pp.805-817.
- Publisher:
- Sage
This article suggests a push model for analyzing dilemmas between institutional care, community care and family care of mental-health consumers. In the USA community care is overloaded by inappropriate de-institutionalization. In Hong Kong, family caregivers are severely burdened by poor community care and highly institutionalized services.
Neighborhood experiences and community integration: perspectives from mental health consumers and providers
- Authors:
- WONG Yin-Ling Irene, METZENDORF Diane, MIN So-Young
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work in Mental Health, 4(3), 2006, pp.45-59.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
This exploratory study examines the social interactional aspect of community integration among persons with psychiatric disabilities in the United States. Six focus groups were conducted with 18 mental health consumers in three publicly sponsored community residential programs and 11 staff members providing services to these consumers. Mental health consumers reported both positive and negative experiences in their interactions with community residents. Despite perceived differences between persons with psychiatric disabilities and their neighbours, consumers considered reciprocity and mutual accommodation to be critical for building social relationships in their communities. Mental health providers suggested that social integration can be facilitated by developing independent living and social skills, by overcoming self-stigma and institutional and homeless mindsets, and by having a supportive community of consumers. (Copies of this article are available from: Haworth Document Delivery Centre, Haworth Press Inc., 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580).
24-hour nursed care: users' views
- Authors:
- ROSE Diana, MUIJEN Matt
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Mental Health, 7(6), December 1998, pp.603-610.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- London
Presents a survey of thirty-three people who were judged by their clinicians to be in need of 24-hour nursed care. The majority expressed a preference for independent living with some input from psychiatric staff. When presented with the features of 24-hour nursed care accommodation, some were willing to contemplate it. Users were positive about privacy in the accommodation but objected to those features which made the homes seem like an institution. It is argued that the group is not homogenous in their responses to the government proposals and no single service model will be satisfactory to everyone.
Experiencing psychiatry: user's views of services
- Authors:
- ROGERS Anne, PILGRIM David, LACEY Ron
- Publisher:
- MacMillan/MIND
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 205p.,tables,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- London
Describes mainstream mental health services through the experiences and views of people who have used them. In includes views on: community living; professional and other staff; and treatment (including drug therapy).
Managing aggression and violence in care settings: a review of the legal and ethical content of staff training courses
- Author:
- BEECH Bernard
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Adult Protection, 3(2), May 2001, pp.8-17.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Staff must have an appreciation of legal and ethical issues associated with the people they care for, particularly when physical restraint to manage aggression or violence is being considered. This article examines legal and ethical issues related to the management of aggression and violence, and considers the inclusion of this material in training courses.
Perceptions of power in client/worker relationships
- Author:
- COHEN Marcia B.
- Journal article citation:
- Families in Society, 79(4), July 1998, pp.433-442.
- Publisher:
- The Alliance for Children and Families
Recent literature in America on empowerment-oriented social work practice raises questions about the nature of power in client/worker relationships. This qualitative study explores client and worker perceptions of power in their relationships with each other.
Quality living
- Author:
- GEORGE Mike
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 6.6.96, 1996, pp.30-31.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Describes how one social worker trod the fine line between respecting a client's wish to live independently while making sure that the move would not put him seriously at risk.
The Kirklees study of good practices in mental health 1992
- Author:
- GOOD PRACTICES IN MENTAL HEALTH
- Publisher:
- Good Practices in Mental Health
- Publication year:
- 1992
- Pagination:
- 96p.
- Place of publication:
- London
A guide to local "good practices" in the Kirklees area compiled from the perceptions of service users and providers.