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Review of the early implementation of the Resource Use Measure (RUM) (summary)
- Author:
- CRAIGFORTH CONSULTANTS
- Publisher:
- The Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
This study was commissioned to consider the early implementation of the Resource Use Measure (RUM), to identify emerging issues and how the early implementation sites had responded. The RUM was originally intended as a tool for determining entitlement to free nursing care, promoting fare access and equitable distribution of resources for older people. It is now used to measure the relative need of older people over 65 years including those with mental health problems and dimentia and/or associated behaviour.
Review of the early implementation of the Resource Use Measure (RUM) (full text)
- Author:
- CRAIGFORTH CONSULTANTS
- Publisher:
- The Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 52p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
This study was commissioned to consider the early implementation of the Resource Use Measure (RUM), to identify emerging issues and how the early implementation sites had responded. The RUM was originally intended as a tool for determining entitlement to free nursing care, promoting fare access and equitable distribution of resources for older people. It is now used to measure the relative need of older people over 65 years including those with mental health problems and dimentia and/or associated behaviour.
Developing the biographical approach in practice with older people
- Authors:
- BOULTON Jean, et al
- Publisher:
- Open University, Policy Studies Institute
- Publication year:
- 1989
- Pagination:
- 50p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Milton Keynes
As part of the Care Co-ordinated systems used in the CEPH project, a 'biographical' method was used to assess, provide and monitor the packages of care provided to the elderly people.
A biographically based health and social diagnostic technique : a research report
- Authors:
- JOHNSON Malcolm, et al
- Publisher:
- Open University. Department of Health and Social Welfare/Policy Studies Institut
- Publication year:
- 1988
- Pagination:
- 23p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Milton Keynes
Multidimensional functional assessment of older adults: the Duke older Americans resources and services procedures
- Author:
- FILLENBAUM Gerda G
- Publisher:
- Lawrence Erlbaum Associates
- Publication year:
- 1988
- Pagination:
- 179p., tables, bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Hillsdale, NJ
The development of multidimensional assessment is reviewed with practical ways that the procedures have been used and can be used by clinicians, program evaluators and planners.
Improving oral health for adults in care homes
- Authors:
- SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE, NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH AND CARE EXCELLENCE
- Publisher:
- National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2016
- Pagination:
- 4
- Place of publication:
- London
This quick guide, developed for care home managers and their staff, explains how to achieve good oral health for people who live in care homes. Based on the NICE guideline on oral health for adults in care homes, it covers: how poor oral health can affect people’s ability to eat, speak and socialise normally; how to carry out an oral health assessment; the knowledge and skills care staff need to know to support residents maintain good oral health; and what the Care Quality Commission expects from care homes. The guide includes an oral health assessment tool and provides links to further information. (Edited publisher abstract)
The assessment of pain in older people: national guidelines
- Authors:
- ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS, BRITISH GERIATRICS SOCIETY, BRITISH PAIN SOCIETY
- Publisher:
- Royal College of Physicians
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 13p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Pain is a subjective, personal experience, and its assessment is particularly challenging in the presence of severe cognitive impairment, communication difficulties or language and cultural barriers. As a result it is often under-recognised and under-treated in older people. These guidelines form part of a series intended to inform those aspects of physicians’ clinical practice which may be outside their own specialist area and are designed to help them make rapid, informed decisions. The advice is based on synthesis of the best available evidence and expert consensus gathered from practising clinicians and service users. The guidelines set out the key components of assessing pain in older people, together with a variety of practical scales that may be used with different groups, including those with cognitive or communication impairment. The purpose is to provide professionals with a set of practical skills to assess pain as the first step towards its effective management. The guidance is relevant to all healthcare and social care staff and can be applied in a wide variety of settings, including the older person’s own home, in care homes, and in hospital.
Guidance on: the assessment of pain in older people
- Authors:
- BRITISH PAIN SOCIETY, BRITISH GERIATRICS SOCIETY
- Publishers:
- British Pain Society, British Geriatrics Society
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 36p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The British Pain Society has worked with the British Geriatrics Society and the Royal College of Physicians to produce new concise guidance on 'The assessment of pain in older people'. The guidelines have been developed to provide: recommendations in simple and clear terms for assessing pain in all older people; several types of scales that can be photocopied and used to assist in assessments, to monitor progress and evaluate the effect of treatment; and an algorithm for simple implementation of the guidance.
Key lines of regulatory assessment (KLORA): care homes for older people: draft
- Author:
- COMMISSION FOR SOCIAL CARE INSPECTION
- Publisher:
- Commission for Social Care Inspection
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 29p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Key Lines of Regulatory Assessment (KLORA) provide a guide to benchmark the judgement categories for each outcome group when assessing a care service. They will support inspectors with their judgement and help them to form an overview of the service. The KLORA have been developed in consultation with residents, providers of services and inspectors.
Social work with older people
- Authors:
- PHILLIPS Judith, RAY Mo, MARSHALL Mary
- Publisher:
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 196p.
- Place of publication:
- Basingstoke
- Edition:
- 4th ed.
Introductory text covering key conceptual issues in work with older people. Provides a step by step guide to assessment and care management, and includes appendices on the main illnesses affecting older people.