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How do older people feel about assessment?
- Authors:
- MORIARTY Jo, WEBB Sarah
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Dementia Care, 5(5), September 1997, pp.20-22.
- Publisher:
- Hawker
A study to evaluate community care arrangements for older people with dementia shows that some progress has been made since the reforms. However, results did find that all assessors were qualified social workers or very experienced in working with older people, which suggests that in this area, skill and knowledge do make a difference.
Programme of research on community care: an evaluation of community care arrangements for older people with dementia
- Authors:
- MORIARTY Jo, LEVIN Enid, PAHL Jan, WEBB Sarah
- Publisher:
- National Institute for Social Work
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 24p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Outlines a 3 year research programme which aims to: describe a sample of people with dementia who have been referred to, and assessed by, their local social services department; collect information on the community care services received over a period of a year, in terms of the numbers and types used, their duration, stability and costs, and the effectiveness of differing combinations of services or packages; and to evaluate these services in terms of their ability to meet the needs and preferences of the people in the sample and their carers.
Outcome of referral to social services departments for people with cognitive impairment
- Authors:
- ANDREW Toby, MORIARTY Jo, LEVIN Enid, WEBB Sarah
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 15(5), May 2000, pp.406-414.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
The objective of this study was to determine how the entry into long term care of people assessed by their local social services department (SSD) under the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 is predicted by the severity of their cognitive impairment, care provided by family members, and the receipt of community care services. The main outcome measure was survival analysis of time taken from referral to entering long term care at follow-up. Analysis of the interaction between three main effects predicting entry to long term care (severity of cognitive impairment, access to a carer, and the receipt of home care or day care) suggests that while carers are central in determining whether older people with cognitive impairment are able to remain living in the community, there are limits to the care they can provide.
Part of their lives: community care for older people with dementia
- Authors:
- MORIARTY Jo, WEBB Sarah
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 126p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Bristol
Combines a review of existing literature with statistical analyses, case examples and the direct voices of users and carers, providing information on the experiences of a group of people with dementia and their carers over an eighteen month period. Attempts to address the concerns of an increasing number of people committed to improving the quality of dementia care.
Research on community care: social work and community care and community care arrangements for older people with dementia
- Authors:
- WEBB Sarah, MORIARTY Jo, LEVIN Enid
- Publisher:
- National Institute for Social Work. Research Unit
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 28p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Short report summarising two separate studies documenting some of the changes that have taken place since the full implementation of the NHS and Community Care Act 1990 five years ago. Looks at the changes as they were experienced by staff in SSDs, users and carers. The first report focuses specifically at the mixed economy of care and the second at services for older people with dementia.