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Extra care housing
- Author:
- HENWOOD Melanie
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 19.07.07, 2007, pp.34-35.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The author reviews the results of a literature review on how a new approach to housing can benefit people needing high levels of support. It also looks at a toolkit produced by the Care Services Improvement Partnership, which is designed to assist the development of extra care housing in the context of the wider accommodation and support needs of older people.
Part of the problem or part of the solution? The role of care homes in tackling delayed hospital discharges
- Authors:
- GLASBY Jon, HENWOOD Melanie
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Social Work, 37(2), February 2007, pp.299-312.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
As part of current UK policies to reduce the number of delayed hospital discharges, a number of commentators have identified an alleged crisis in the care home market as one of key contributing factors. With local authorities under pressure to cut costs, it is argued, the number of care homes is reducing, and delays in hospital can often result. Behind this diagnosis is a series of assumptions about the role and nature of care home provision, the appropriateness of this form of service for many older people, and the need for more care homes to reduce the number of hospital delays. In order to explore and critique these assumptions, this paper reviews the role of care homes in tackling delayed discharges, and argues the need for fewer and different care home placements rather than more of this type of provision.
Restricted means for the future
- Author:
- HENWOOD Melanie
- Journal article citation:
- Family Policy, June 1993, p.6.
Uncertainty remains about who is - or who should be - responsible for the costs of long term care for elderly and disabled people. Only a minority of older people are in a position to benefit from private insurance. While the central policy questions about financing long term care remain unanswered the latest arrangements for community care may be doomed to further reorganisation under funding pressure.
Self-styled success
- Authors:
- HENWOOD Melanie, DAVIS Rowenna
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 24.04.08, 2008, pp.16-18.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Putting People First made clear that self-directed support is to become mainstream In this article, the first author describes what self-directed care entails. The second author then describes the work of four teams given awards for innovative and impressive practice in Community Care's Excellence programme.
Positive outcome?
- Author:
- HENWOOD Melanie
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 26.9.02, 2002, p.40,41.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Describes the Department of Health-commissioned research programme, Outcomes of Social Care for Adults (OSCA).
Redrawing the boundaries of health and social care
- Author:
- HENWOOD Melanie
- Journal article citation:
- Family Policy, Autumn 2000, p.6.
Looks at the good and the bad in the governments plans for long-term care and the NHS.
Older carers and carers of people with dementia: improving and developing effective support
- Authors:
- LARKIN Mary, HENWOOD Melanie, MILNE Alisoun
- Journal article citation:
- Social Policy and Society, 21(2), 2022, pp.242-256.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
The policy drive to support carers is a longstanding national and international priority. Research about the design and delivery of support for carers is critical to the underpinning evidence base. Through a timely exploration of a third sector perspective, the UK-based study discussed in this article provides insights into approaches to, and the commissioning of, support for older carers and carers of people with dementia. The study highlights the importance of: embedding carers' perspectives in service developments; the provision of both generic and targeted support which adopts a nuanced and tailored approach; titrating the delivery of information and advice at a pace to match carers' needs; capturing quantitative and qualitative dimensions in service evaluation; and increased quantity and longevity of funding. Such insights not only complement existing research but are also generalisable to other countries at a similar stage in the development of carer support. (Edited publisher abstract)
Early days for Popp schemes
- Author:
- HENWOOD Melanie
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 8.11.07, 2007, pp.34-35.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The author reviews interim findings of the Department of Health's Partnership for Older People Projects (POPP). Twenty-nine local authority-led projects have been funded to deliver and evaluate innovative schemes for older people. The central objective is to target early interventions in the community in order to promote independence, health and well-being for older people and to prevent or delay the need for residential alternatives.
Path to independence?
- Authors:
- HUDSON Bob, HENWOOD Melanie
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 9.11.06, 2006, pp.34-35.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Cash payments to individuals to purchase their own care are now a key element of government policy, but various programmes have grown in an uncoordinated manner. These include direct payments, Independent Living Fund and individual budget pilots). The author calls for greater coherence across the schemes. This article identifies several key dilemmas that will need to be addressed in any process of rationalisation.
Partners in time
- Author:
- HENWOOD Melanie
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 6.1.05, 2005, pp.30-31.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Draws on findings from an independent evaluation of the Department of Health's change agent team (CAT) that helped reduce delayed discharge. Looks at the lessons for the proposed Care Services Improvement Partnership at the Social Care Institute for Excellence. It finds the partnership can contribute more than the sum of its parts, while also recognising the need for caution and clarity around the ends and means of service improvement.