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Care management and professional autonomy: the impact of community care legislation on social work with older people
- Author:
- LYMBERY Mark
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Social Work, 28(6), December 1998, pp.863-878.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
This article explores the extent to which the role of care manager has altered the nature of social work practice with older people. It outlines key theories of professions and their applicability to social work, and critically analyses the impact of the 'new managerialism' within social services departments. The article also examines the nature of social workers' practice with older people following the impact of community care legislation, and concludes that the impact on the social work profession has been to locate an increasing control of practice with social work managers, with potentially serious consequences for the continuation of a distinctive social work role in relation to services for older people.
From budgets to caseloads - nationwide study reveals wide differences in care management
- Author:
- -
- Journal article citation:
- Care Plan, 5(2), December 1998, pp.34-38.
- Publisher:
- Positive Publications/ Anglia Polytechnic University, Faculty of Health and Social Work
Describes research into care management for older people and people with mental health problems that shows a broad national picture of the different forms of care management.
Care management study: report on national data; mapping and evaluation of care management arrangements for older people and those with mental health problems
- Authors:
- CHALLIS David, et al
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health. Social Services Inspectorate
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 74p.,tables,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Report presenting the findings from part of a national survey of care management arrangements. Forms part of a three-phase programme of research aiming to provide a mapping and evaluation of care management arrangements for older people and people with mental health problems.
Alice Johnson: case study research of collaborative practice within community care
- Authors:
- HIGHAM Patricia, SPOONER Anne-Karin
- Journal article citation:
- Health Care in Later Life, 3(2), 1998, pp.111-128.
This research-based case study of Alice Johnson, the pseudonym for an elderly Afro-Caribbean woman living in the UK, analyses the practice outcomes of a 'real life' situation. In order to identify the most helpful interventions, the research evaluated collaborative practice from the different perspectives of the service user and the care providers, using the care management of one elderly individual, Mrs Johnson, as a focus. Although no generalisations can be claimed from one example, the single case study design provided a valid analysis of collaborative practice outcomes in an elderly person from an ethnic and cultural minority and living in the UK, who received community care. The use of a research perspective based on a qualitative life history approach is an analytical tool that can contribute to increased practice expertise.
Innovations in health care for people with intellectual disabilities
- Editor:
- KERR Michael
- Publisher:
- Lisieux Hall Publications
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 186p.,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- Chorley, Lancs.
The contributors of this collection examine developments in health care for people with intellectual disabilities from a Christian perspective. Topics covered: pathways to care; health management; mental health needs of elderly people; sleep disturbance; reducing anti psychotic drugs; epilepsy; genetics and learning disabilities; behavioural phenotypes.
A standardized menu for Goal Attainment Scaling in the care of frail elders
- Author:
- MORROW-HOWELL Nancy
- Journal article citation:
- Gerontologist, 38(6), December 1998, pp.735-742.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Goal Attainment Scaling (GAS), an individualised measurement approach, is particularly attractive for the evaluation and care planning of frail elders, who often experience multiple, complex problems. Some service providers find GAS too unwieldy for routine use. A modified version of GAS that uses a standardized menu of goals and attainment levels has been developed by a regional referral hospital in Nova Scotia, Canada. This article reviews the development, implementation, benefits and challenges of the standardised menu, as well as the results of a retrospective descriptive study of its measurement properties.
The 'help' they say they need
- Author:
- CLARK Heather
- Journal article citation:
- Care Plan, 5(1), September 1998, pp.13-17.
- Publisher:
- Positive Publications/ Anglia Polytechnic University, Faculty of Health and Social Work
Research has shown that low-level services to older people are essential elements in maintaining their independence and motivation to continue to look after themselves. The authors describe their research and report the views of older people. They explain why older people view services like housework as so important, and how they can delay or prevent the need for more costly provision.
Across the great divide
- Authors:
- CAMERON Kirsteen, O'NEILL K.F.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Dementia Care, 6(3), May 1998, pp.10-12.
- Publisher:
- Hawker
Describes an example of effective inter-agency collaboration in providing community care for people with dementia in Glasgow.
Continuing care and community care: management challenges and training implications
- Author:
- -
- Journal article citation:
- Management Issues in Social Care, 1(5), January 1998, pp.32-36.
- Publisher:
- OLM Systems
MESOL the Management Education Scheme by Open Learning sponsored by the SSI and NHS Executive, has been running a number of workshops designed to help senior practitioners/managers to appraise the changing patterns of demand for welfare services and explore how joint agency working can contribute to service development, customer care and delivery of quality outcomes. With a focus on the needs of older people, this article describes the content of one workshop and the themes that resulted from the day.
They look after their own, don't they: inspection of community care services for black and ethnic minority older people; a summary report for managers and practitioners
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health. Social Services Inspectorate
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health. Social Services Inspectorate
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 6p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Summary of an inspection report looking at the provision of community care services to black and minority ethnic older people in eight local authorities.