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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.