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Mapping hospital social work
- Authors:
- MORIARTY Jo, STEILS Nicole, MANTHORPE Jill
- Publisher:
- NIHR Health and Social Care Workforce Research Unit
- Publication year:
- 2019
- Pagination:
- 95
- Place of publication:
- London
A review of evidence on hospital social work with older people who are inpatients, who have been discharged from hospital during the previous month, or who are at risk of being admitted to hospital as inpatients. The review looks at the specific role, keys skills, activities, and costs of social work in hospitals and its impact on the quality of life and care of individuals and carers. It includes social work services provided in primary care or out-patient services and older people who are inpatients in mental health settings, as well as acute care. The findings cover the areas of: use of time, skills, costs, discharge planning and reducing admission, patient and carer views; and social work in accident and emergency departments. The findings are intended to contribute in the construction of a research agenda for hospital social work with adults in England, particularly those working with older patients. The review reports that there is a consensus that the distinctiveness of hospital social work with older people lies in its holistic approach towards individuals and their families. However, in the UK there is little evidence about the way the role is used. The review recommends an audit of the nation's hospital social workers and further research to build a clearer picture. (Edited publisher abstract)
Examining day centre provision for older people in the UK using the Equality Act 2010: findings of a scoping review
- Authors:
- MANTHORPE Jill, MORIARTY Jo
- Journal article citation:
- Health and Social Care in the Community, 22(4), 2014, pp.352-360.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This article reports the findings from a literature review of day care services undertaken during March–June 2012 and repeated in May 2013. The databases searched included AgeInfo, Embase, Medline, PsycINFO, Social Care Online, Web of Science and the publication platform Ingenta Connect as well as specialist older people's sites. It discusses these findings in the context of services for older people in the UK, defined as those aged 65 years and over. The aim of the scoping review was to identify what is known about how day services (here confined to congregate day care or day centres) will meet the challenges posed by the Equality Act 2010 in supporting different user groups, such as lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender older people or older people from minority ethnic groups. The review found that research on all aspects of day services was limited and that information about older people using such services was often provided context-free. It concludes that those funding or evaluating day services' support to diverse groups of older people need to urgently address matters such as differential access and differential views about specific services. (Publisher abstract)
Opportunity knocks: exploring the links between day opportunities and equal opportunities
- Authors:
- MANTHORPE Jill, MORIARTY Jo
- Journal article citation:
- Practice: Social Work in Action, 25(5), 2013, pp.317-333.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
The term ‘day opportunities’ is used in the context of personalisation in England to refer to alternatives to day centres. This article employs the lens of legislation on equalities to comment on access to day opportunities by different groups of eligible older people. It reports and discusses findings from a scoping review of the literature conducted in 2012 and updated in 2013 which searched for research and ‘grey literature’ material. Findings from the scoping review are presented using the different elements of the Equalities Act 2010. The authors conclude that social workers need to be aware of definitions when describing what is being suggested as part of a support plan or reviewed in the context of desired outcomes. Attention is drawn to the need to think about levels of needs and access to any day opportunity. Social workers are well placed to identify whether these changes have a differential impact on certain groups. This exploration of the literature on user experiences and outcomes from day opportunities may be helpful to social work practice and scholarship. (Publisher abstract)
Promoting the use of diverse sources of evidence: evaluating progress in the provision of services for people with dementia and their carers
- Authors:
- MORIARTY Jo, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Evidence and Policy, 3(3), August 2007, pp.385-405.
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
This article reports on an innovatory partnership between regulatory bodies and researchers to assess progress in improving NHS, local authority and other services for older people in 10 different parts of England. It discusses how consultation exercises held as part of local inspections that fed into a national review of the National Service Framework for Older People may enlarge the evidence base for planning and service improvement purposes. The results provide an example of the need for greater debate about different sources of evidence in health and social care. There is comparatively little recent UK research-based evidence on what people with dementia and their carers think about the services they receive and policy makers may need to draw on wide-ranging sources of evidence if they are to make necessary service improvements and to develop policy initiatives.
Quality of life and social support among people from different ethnic groups
- Authors:
- MORIARTY Jo, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Generations Review, 11(4), December 2001, pp.8-9.
- Publisher:
- British Society of Gerontology
Reports on a research project funded under the ESCR programme Growing Older, which focuses on issues to do with ethnicity. The article reports on the project so far, and highlights the issues emerging from early interviews.
Planning care for people with dementia
- Author:
- MORIARTY Jo
- Journal article citation:
- Working with Older People, 5(1), January 2001, pp.16-20.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
A study by the National Institute for Social Work suggests that estimates can be made about the length of time that a person with dementia will need community and long term care services. This can be done based on an assessment of the severity of dementia at the time of the community care assessment. The author highlights the need for an appraisal of local old age psychiatry services and eligibility criteria, and the importance of monitoring carers' ability and willingness to provide care.
Research focus: community care reviewed
- Author:
- MORIARTY Jo
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Dementia Care, 6(4), July 1998, pp.33-37.
- Publisher:
- Hawker
Reviews research relating to community care for people with dementia, summarising its messages and highlighting the implications for practice.
Better for the break
- Authors:
- LEVIN Enid, MORIARTY Jo, GORBACH Peter
- Publisher:
- HMSO/National Institute for Social Work. Research Unit
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 205p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Based on a study of respite services for the carers of confused elderly people that aimed to: establish and compare the characteristics and problems of groups of confused elderly people and their carers using different types and mixes of respite services; to elicit the carers', older people's and practitioners' views of these services so that guidelines for practice can be based upon them; and to examine the effectiveness of different types and mixes of respite services in terms of their acceptability, their impact on the carers' psychological health, their impact on the older people, and their effects on the admission of elderly people to permanent residential care.
Inequalities in quality of life among older people from different ethnic groups
- Authors:
- MORIARTY Jo, BUTT Jabeer
- Journal article citation:
- Ageing and Society, 24(5), September 2004, pp.729-753.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
British research on the quality of life in old age has neglected the increasing ethnic diversity of the older population, and although studies of health and income inequalities have highlighted the contribution played by racism, analyses of the factors influencing the quality of life have rarely considered its effects. This paper discusses inequalities in quality of life among older people from different ethnic groups using data from a cross-sectional survey of 203 White British, Asian, Black Caribbean, Black African and Chinese people aged 55 and more years living in England and Scotland. They were interviewed face-to-face in the language of their choice using a semi-structured schedule. Consistent with the existing literature, the study found differences in health, income and social support among the ethnic groups. The paper suggests, however, that future work should examine disparities in health and income within as well as between minority ethnic groups, and that a greater appreciation is required of the way in which such disparities may be accentuated by variations in health expectations, in the distribution of income within households, and in the willingness to discuss financial difficulties. The cumulative effects of health and material disadvantage and the experience of racism have implications both for future quality of life research and for government policies that aim to raise social inclusion and reduce inequalities.
Innovative practice section
- Author:
- MORIARTY Jo
- Journal article citation:
- Dementia: the International Journal of Social Research and Practice, 1(2), June 2002, pp.255-264.
- Publisher:
- Sage
Reviews dementia services that are being provided in two very different areas. The first describes the challenges of reaching people with dementia living in one of Australia's largest states. Outlines the development of Mobile Dementia Respite Teams for people living in rural areas, and describes Home Clubs for people with early stage dementia. The second focuses on two services to people with dementia that are being provided in central London, the Dementia Development Team in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea's social services department, and the assessment programme at Latimer Day Hospital, which is funded by Brent, Kensington and Chelsea and Westminster Mental Health Trust.