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Intermediate care: older people's involvement and experiences
- Authors:
- MANTHORPE Jill, CORNES Michelle
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Integrated Care, 12(6), December 2004, pp.43-48.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
New service models such as intermediate care may find it difficult to involve older people in services that are time-limited and unfamiliar. Their staff may perceive themselves as having little time to sustain or build relationships with voluntary and community-based organisations engaged in intermediate care. This article shows how such challenges can be met by drawing on the experiences of voluntary sector projects involved in intermediate care services. The article focuses on practitioners' experiences of involving older people in intermediate care assessment and treatment and, secondly on the views of older people about the information they received.
We are the champions
- Author:
- MANTHORPE Jill
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 6.5.04, 2004, p.36.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Reports on the results of a recent survey undertaken for Better Government of Older People. The study looked at the role of older people's champions, who have the responsibility for implementing the National Service Framework's in local authorities, how they feel about their role and how effective they are.
Relatives' views on mouth care
- Authors:
- MANTHORPE Jill, WATSON Roger, STIMPSON Anne
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Dementia Care, 11(2), March 2003, pp.28-29.
- Publisher:
- Hawker
Oral care of people with dementia is often undertaken by family carers as much as professional staff in formal care. This article reports on carers' experiences and views by analysing the results of responses to 3777 questionnaires about caring for people with dementia. The questionnaires were part of a research project from the Alzheimer's Society, 'Food for Thought' undertaken in 2000.
Research into practice
- Author:
- MANTHORPE Jill
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 29.5.03, 2003, p.42.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Reports on four research projects which suggests ways in which older people can tell others about their everyday routines and experiences, and how this information can help to inform care plans.
Research into practice
- Author:
- MANTHORPE Jill
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 6.3.03, 2003, p.49.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The Greater London Authority has recently published research comparing data on London's older population with those in other cities. Figures reveal a group declining in numbers and dependent on extended family networks.
Research into practice
- Author:
- MANTHORPE Jill
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 6.7.02, 2002, p.39.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
As people grow older, they often become more isolated and lonely. Looks at research into ways of countering this tendency.
Research into practice
- Author:
- MANTHORPE Jill
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 14.3.02, 2002, p.47.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Looks at several pieces of dementia, each pointing to the need to listen to the views of dementia sufferers.
Workforce ethnic diversity in older people’s care services: thinking back and thinking ahead in COVID-19 times
- Authors:
- MANTHORPE Jill, MORIARTY Jo
- Journal article citation:
- Working with Older People, 25(2), 2021, pp.170-178.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Purpose: The COVID-19 pandemic has shone a light on long-standing, structural race inequality in Britain. This paper aims to review historic patterns of ethnic diversity among the workforce employed in services for older people to present some of the lessons that can be learned from the pandemic. Design/methodology/approach: A historical overview was undertaken of research about ethnic diversity in the social care workforce. Findings: Too often, the ethnic diversity of the social care workforce has been taken as evidence that structural racial inequalities do not exist. Early evidence about the impact of coronavirus on workers from black and minority ethnic groups has led to initiatives aimed at reducing risk among social care employers in the independent sector and in local government. This offers a blueprint for further initiatives aimed at reducing ethnic inequalities and promoting ethnic diversity among the workforce supporting older people. Research limitations/implications: The increasing ethnic diversity of the older population and the UK labour force highlights the importance of efforts to address what is effective in reducing ethnic inequalities and what works in improving ethnic diversity within the social care workforce and among those using social care services for older people. Originality/value: The ethnic makeup of the workforce reflects a complex reality based on multiple factors, including historical patterns of migration and gender and ethnic inequalities in the UK labour market. (Edited publisher abstract)
Day centres for older people: a systematically conducted scoping review of literature about their benefits, purposes and how they are perceived
- Authors:
- ORELLANA Katharine, MANTHORPE Jill, TINKER Anthea
- Journal article citation:
- Ageing and Society, 40(1), 2020, pp.73-104.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
With a policy shift towards personalisation of adult social care in England, much attention has focused on individualised support for older people with care needs. This article reports the findings of a scoping review of United Kingdom (UK) and non-UK literature, published in English from 2005 to 2017, about day centres for older people without dementia and highlights the gaps in evidence. This review, undertaken to inform new empirical research, covered the perceptions, benefits and purposes of day centres. Searches, undertaken in October/November 2014 and updated in August 2017, of electronic databases, libraries, websites, research repositories and journals, identified 77 relevant papers, mostly non-UK. Day centres were found to play a variety of roles for individuals and in care systems. The largest body of evidence concerned social and preventive outcomes. Centre attendance and participation in interventions within them impacted positively on older people's mental health, social contacts, physical function and quality of life. Evidence about outcomes is mainly non-UK. Day centres for older people without dementia are under-researched generally, particularly in the UK. In addition to not being studied as whole services, there are considerable evidence gaps about how day centres are perceived, their outcomes, what they offer, to whom and their wider stakeholders, including family carers, volunteers, staff and professionals who are funding, recommending or referring older people to them. (Publisher abstract)
Promoting empathy in social care for older people
- Authors:
- STRANDBERG Thomas, EKLUND Jakob, MANTHORPE Jill
- Journal article citation:
- Working with Older People, 16(3), 2012, pp.101-110.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
The purpose of this paper is to identify connections between empathy and social care, considering the way in which services are underpinned by empathy between the older person receiving such support and the paid home-care worker. Five doctoral theses, published from 1996-2007, which discussed empathy among care workers of older people in Sweden were analysed. Methodologically, the examination underpinned an interpretive content analysis. The main themes which emerged during the analysis were: time, power, older adults, needs, caring-relationships, organisation, and personal ability. The meta-analysis revealed conflicting feelings among care workers. Most experienced frustration when they were not able to express empathy in their working practices. Empathy was typically hindered by lack of time, care workers' own needs, and inflexible home care systems. However, a key element of the job-satisfaction reported by care workers appeared to be its empathic nature. Most care workers perceive encounters with older people as opportunities to respond empathically rather than indifferently. The implications of these findings are discussed.