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Keyworkers for elderly people in the community: case managers and care co-ordinators
- Authors:
- DANT T., GEARING B.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Policy, 19(3), July 1990, pp.331-36O.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
- Place of publication:
- Cambridge
Discusses the concepts of case management and keyworker, illustrated by the Kent Community Scheme and the Gloucester Care for Elderly People at Home Project.
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.
A helping hand
- Author:
- KING Jane
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 22.2.90, 1990, pp.23-25.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Reports on case management in Kent, and how the home care managers cope with budgets of 66,000 per year and a caseload of 35 clients.
It can be done
- Author:
- LIEBERMAN Sue
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 6.12.90, 1990, pp.26-28.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Describes a project which shows that, despite barriers over organisation and attitudes, health and social work authorities can work together.
Community care for the elderly - rhetoric and reality
- Authors:
- BEBBINGTON A., CHARNLEY H.
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Social Work, 20(5), 1990, pp.409-432.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
A survey of services to a sample of elderly people revealed inadequate case management and ineffective joint working between social services and health care.
Care management and social work: clients with dementia
- Author:
- FISHER Mike
- Journal article citation:
- Practice: Social Work in Action, 4(4), 1990, pp.229-241.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Argues that the underlying principle of consumerism will be put to the test by work with clients with dementia; practice will need to clarify the process of arriving at a contract and to establish the mandate for intervention.
Elderly care planning model: Wessex Regional Health Authority
- Author:
- OPIT L.J
- Publisher:
- University of Kent. Centre for Health Services Studies
- Publication year:
- 1990
- Pagination:
- 36p.,tables.
- Place of publication:
- Canterbury
Document developing a 'synthetic' model for estimating disability amongst the population over 70 years of age who reside at home. Based on data contained in the 1985 OPCS household disability survey.
Tewkesbury Care Management Project: quality manual; a description of the project's purpose and methods of operation focussing on aspects that are necessary to ensure that the project identifies and meets to appropriate standards the needs ...
- Author:
- GLOUCESTERSHIRE. Social Services Department
- Publisher:
- Gloucestershire. Social Services Department
- Publication year:
- 1990
- Pagination:
- 52p.,diags.
- Place of publication:
- Gloucester
Manual describing principles, standards, responsibilities, procedures and other operational arrangements of the Care Management Pilot Project in Tewkesbury. This project is one of four pilot schemes designed to test different ways of developing a Care Management service. The service offers multi-disciplinary, multi-agency assessment of elderly and younger adults with disabilities and their carers, who need services and support to remain living at home.
Case management in social and health care
- Authors:
- CHALLIS David, et al
- Publisher:
- University of Kent. Personal Social Services Research Unit
- Publication year:
- 1990
- Pagination:
- 101p.,tables,diags.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Canterbury
Evaluation of the work of the multidisciplinary Gateshead Community Care Scheme for the elderly. Defines case management and examines its functioning in the scheme. Concludes that the scheme has demonstrated two viable models for the effective implementation of a case management approach in long-term care of very frail old people.
Supporting rural communities
- Author:
- -
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work Today, 22.2.90, 1990, pp.28-29.
- Publisher:
- British Association of Social Workers
Summarises a range of services provided by shire counties to their rural areas.