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Utilizing client experience in developing new service delivery models for care of the aged
- Authors:
- MUTSCHLER P.H., CALLAHAN Jr. J.J.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 15(3/4), 1990, pp.49-74.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Analyses the results of a study of demonstration projects for long-term care of the elderly, comparing different systems of community care including case management.
Housing: the essential element in community care; the role of 'Care and Repair' and 'Staying put' projects
- Authors:
- HARRISON Lyn, MEANS Robin
- Publisher:
- Anchor Housing Trust
- Publication year:
- 1990
- Pagination:
- 108p.,tables,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Oxford
Research study looking at Anchor Housing Trust and Care and Repair Ltd's successes in developing housing agency services to assist older homeowners with repair and improvement work. Argues that these projects are extremely effective in delivering high quality information and advice, and that their work has improved the health and welfare of elderly and disabled people, enabling them to remain in the community. Makes recommendations for future development.
Breaks project update: "ready to cope again"; sitting, day, and relief care for the carers of confused elderly people
- Authors:
- LEVIN Enid, MORIARTY Joanna
- Publisher:
- National Institute for Social Work
- Publication year:
- 1990
- Pagination:
- 79p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Interim report of a 3-year research programme on respite care for resident carers. The project aims to: establish and compare the characteristics and problems of elderly persons living with their carers with a range of mixes and types of break; elicit carers', elderly persons' and practitioners' views of these breaks and develop guidelines for practice based upon them; and to examine the effectiveness of different types and mixes of breaks.
The consequences of elderly wives caring for disabled husbands: implications for practice
- Author:
- WILSON V.
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work: A journal of the National Association of Social Workers (NASW), 35(5), 1990, pp.417-421.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Reports on a study of the stresses experienced by women who are the major carer, analysing the respondents' characteristics, sources of stress length of care giving and tasks.
Integrating the frail and well elderly: the experience of senior centers
- Authors:
- COX C., MONK A.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 15(3/4), 1990, pp.131-165.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Reports on a study of day-care services for the elderly and their capacity for supporting physically or mentally impaired old people.
Community-based long term care: the experience of the living at home programs
- Authors:
- HUGHES S.L., GUIHAN M.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 15(3/4), 1990, pp.103-129.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Describes the Living at Home Programme which includes 20 projects across United States, and a study of the project's methods of interdisciplinary cooperation.
Home help and home care for the frail elderly: face to face in Darlington
- Authors:
- BARTON A., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Research Policy and Planning, 8(1), 1990, pp.7-13.
- Publisher:
- Social Services Research Group
Reports on research aiming to discover overlaps in user groups and to identify criteria employed to allocate services.
Models of intensive case management
- Authors:
- EGGERT G.M., FRIEDMAN B., ZIMMER J.G.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 15(3/4), 1990, pp.75-101.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Describes and compares three models of intensive case management in community care for elderly people including dementia sufferers and terminally ill people.
Whose care? Whose costs? Whose benefit? A critical review of research on case management and informal care
- Author:
- PARKER G.
- Journal article citation:
- Ageing and Society, 10(4), December 1990, pp.459-467.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
Reviews three publications from the Personal Social Services Research Unit at the University of Kent, and questions whether case management improves support for informal carers.
Elderly carers: the need for appropriate intervention
- Author:
- WENGER G.C.
- Journal article citation:
- Ageing and Society, 10(2), June 1990, pp.197-219.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
At least a third of retired people can expect to become carers; discusses their particular needs, based on information from a longitudinal study.