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Rural dimensions of elder abuse: contributions to the No Secrets review from rural older people
- Authors:
- CORNES Michelle, MANTHORPE Jill, HASELDEN Noreen
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Adult Protection, 12(3), August 2010, pp.20-29.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
This paper explores elder abuse in rural communities. As part of the consultation around the review of the guidance document 'No Secrets', published by the Department of Health in 2008, a project was commissioned to listen to the views and experiences of a group of older people living in a rural community in Lancashire and Cumbria. The participants were 15 members of a County Forum for the Older Person who were divided into 2 focus groups. The groups discussed questions taken from the 'Keeping People Safe – Tell us how we can help' booklet and some case vignettes. This article reports on the findings of the consultation process and lessons for the review. These largely support the literature in confirming the variety of experiences and views held by rural older people, their personal activity related to protection of themselves and their sense of heightened vulnerabilities but also security from living in rural areas.
Intermediate care: older people's involvement and experiences
- Authors:
- MANTHORPE Jill, CORNES Michelle
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Integrated Care, 12(6), December 2004, pp.43-48.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
New service models such as intermediate care may find it difficult to involve older people in services that are time-limited and unfamiliar. Their staff may perceive themselves as having little time to sustain or build relationships with voluntary and community-based organisations engaged in intermediate care. This article shows how such challenges can be met by drawing on the experiences of voluntary sector projects involved in intermediate care services. The article focuses on practitioners' experiences of involving older people in intermediate care assessment and treatment and, secondly on the views of older people about the information they received.
The evaporation effect: final evaluation of the Help the Aged intermediate care programme for older people
- Authors:
- CORNES Michelle, WEINSTEIN Pauline, MANTHORPE Jill
- Publisher:
- Help the Aged
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 47p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This is the final evaluation of the Help the Aged Intermediate Care Programme for Older People, drawing attention to the hardship caused by the 'evaporation' of intermediate care after a matter of weeks, when the need is clearly for continuing care.
Someone to expect each day
- Authors:
- CORNES Michelle, MANTHORPE Jill
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 8.12.05, 2005, pp.36-37.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The authors describe the findings of a research project on older people's experiences of intermediate care carried out by Help the Aged. The programme operated in seven sites across England and piloted different ways of including volunteers and the voluntary sector in NHS and social services intermediate care. The authors suggests the forthcoming white paper on care outside hospital will need to address how more intensive short-term support, such as that provided by intermediate care, can be cushioned by a tier of low-level continuous voluntary sector support which guarantees older people "someone to expect each day".
Beyond NSF: continuing older people's involvement and engagement
- Authors:
- CORNES Michelle, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Integrated Care, 16(5), October 2008, pp.22-29.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Reports on the findings from a small scale user-controlled study exploring the involvement and engagement in terms of the legacy of the National Service Framework for Older People (NSFOP) and the new opportunities that are opening up around community well-being and active citizenship. A key finding of the study is that, when participating in the implementation of a major policy initiative, older people's reference groups and forums require good support: practical help with administration tasks and more professional support to help develop members' skills' as activists and campaigners. The authors explain what this means for practice in a commissioning framework which can be used to specify support services that may be provided to older people's groups by external organisations such as the voluntary and community sector. Here, involvement and engagement are understood as a dynamic relationship between three stakeholder groups (older people, the statutory sector, and the voluntary and community sector). The authors pinpoint likely tensions in these relationships and how they might be addressed.
Delayed discharge from hospital: supporting older people to exercise choice
- Authors:
- CORNES Michelle, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Working with Older People, 12(1), March 2008, pp.16-20.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
The government's reimbursement policy introduced fines for local authorities if a patient could not be discharged from hospital because they were waiting for an assessment or placement. One of the policy's aims was to allow people to exercise 'genuine choice' as regards their ongoing and longer-term care. The authors draw on findings of a Department of Health funded study of the reimbursement policy to explore some of the issues underpinning delays attributed to the exercising of choice. They investigate whether choice really can be exercised when lying in a hospital bed. The article focuses on data collected in three English sites.
Managing assistive technology in hospice homecare: implications for multi-disciplinary teams
- Authors:
- CORNES Michelle, WEINSTEIN Pauline
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Integrated Care, 13(6), December 2005, pp.17-25.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
This article explores the use of assistive technology, specifically community alarms, from the perspective of practitioners working in multidisciplinary hospice homecare. It draws on the findings of a small evaluative study of 25 hospice homecare schemes which participated in a project centred on rapid access to community alarm technology. It considers obstacles to implementation and workforce development issues arising out of an increased focus on assistive technology as a means of better managing the support of terminally ill people at home.