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Appreciating impact: evaluating small voluntary organizations in the United Kingdom
- Authors:
- REED Jan, JONES Diana, IRVINE Julie
- Journal article citation:
- Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations, 16(2), June 2005, pp.123-141.
- Publisher:
- Springer
- Place of publication:
- New York
Within the mixed economy of care in the United Kingdom there are debates about the ways in which impact can be evaluated, in order to shape funding and policy decisions. One of the tensions evident in this debate is whether the evaluation approach should reflect the perspectives and goals of the voluntary organizations and their members, or whether evaluation should reflect the wider goals of the whole system of provision. This paper explores this tension by reporting on a study that used Appreciative Inquiry to evaluate 10 small-scale not-for-profit schemes for older people. The data indicated some unexpected and long-term impacts that demonstrated the distinctiveness of the sector. Subsequently the findings were mapped on to the “impact grid” developed by Wilding and Lacey (2003). While this was straightforward at the levels of individuals and interorganizationally, it was more difficult at the sector/community level, suggesting that more work needs to be done to bring these two perspectives together.
A literature review to explore integrated care for older people
- Authors:
- REED Jan, et al
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Integrated Care, 5(1), 2005, Online only
- Publisher:
- International Foundation for Integrated Care
This paper reports on some of the findings of a literature review commissioned to explore integrated care for older people. The process of revising included finding and selecting literature from multidisciplinary sources, and encompassed both published papers and ‘grey’ literature, i.e. material which had not been reviewed for publication. The study found that thinking has moved on from a focus on the problems of accessing services to exploring ways in which they may function in an integrated way. The study shows how thinking on integrated care for older people has developed, and knowledge of micro, mezzo and macro strategies is now more available.