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Models of housing in later life care
- Author:
- PETCH Alison
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 22.11.07, 2007, pp.36-37.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Choosing the most suitable care accommodation for older people in a difficult task. The author examines a comparative evaluation of seven models of housing with care for later life over a two year period.
Intermediate care: what do we know about older people's experiences?
- Author:
- PETCH Alison
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 37p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- York
Traditionally ‘intermediate care’ has often been used to refer to a range of services at the boundary of primary and secondary care, although there have been differing assumptions as to the goal of intermediate care, the intensity of support provision and the appropriate target groups. Confusingly, intermediate care has also been used within the hospital as a term for units located between the intensive care unit and the general ward. The current form of intermediate care provision started to shape up with the NHS Plan. This proposed a range of intermediate care services designed to bridge between hospital and home and to: help people recover and regain independence more quickly; bring about swifter hospital discharge when people are ready to leave; and avoid unnecessary long-term care.
Delivering community care: initial implementation of care management in Scotland
- Authors:
- PETCH Alison, et al
- Publisher:
- Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 190p.,tables.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Report from a research programme evaluating the early implementation of community care. Focuses on care management, including assessment, involving the tracking of 247 cases over a 9 month period in 4 regions (pre local government reorganisation) of Scotland. Contrasting models of care management were identified and compared. Also looks at: purchasing and providing; monitoring and reviewing; and supporting older people. Includes 5 case studies of user experiences of care management.
How does the community care?: public attitudes to community care in Scotland
- Authors:
- CURTICE Lisa, PETCH Alison
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive. Social Research
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 49p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
As part of the 2001 Scottish Social Attitudes Survey, the Scottish Executive funded a module of 40 questions on the attitudes of people in Scotland to a range of community care issues. Interviews were completed with 1605 individuals across Scotland. Three quarters of respondents felt comfortable about living next door to a frail older person and more than half about living next door to a person with a learning disability. Less than half, however, felt comfortable about living next door to a person with mental illness or with dementia. Respondents were strongly in favour of individuals with support needs living in the community rather than in care homes or hospitals. This view was most common for a person with a learning disability and least common (but still the majority) for a person with dementia. Most people interviewed thought that a person with a mental illness or a learning disability should not serve on a jury. Support needs, it was felt, should in the main be met by paid workers. The exception was for the person with a learning disability needing to be accompanied to a club where the potential contribution of family members and volunteers was cited. A substantial majority considered the funding of support to be the responsibility of the government. Respondents with personal experience of care were even more likely than others to take this view. There was strong support for individuals remaining within their own homes when this was their wish, even when this was a more expensive option. Only a fifth of respondents thought that those able to pay should be able to access better quality provision, suggesting strong support for equity. Respondents expressed a willingness to pay higher taxes to generate funds for increased expenditure on health, support for older people and pensions. The top priorities for additional government spending on older people were home helps, special housing provision, and district nurses.