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Respite services for the carers of confused elderly people; summary and conclusions
- Authors:
- MORIARTY Jo, LEVIN Enid, GORBACH Peter
- Publisher:
- National Institute for Social Work
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 18p.,tables,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Summarises some of the key issues and findings contained in the report on respite services for carers.
I couldn't manage without the breaks: respite services for the carers of confused elderly people: summary and conclusions
- Authors:
- LEVIN Enid, MORIARTY Joanna, GORBACH Peter
- Publisher:
- National Institute for Social Work
- Publication year:
- 1992
- Pagination:
- 15p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Conclusions from a study undertaken in collaboration with staff in health and social services and voluntary organisations, with the aims of: establishing and comparing the characteristics and problems of elderly people and their carers with a range of mixes and types of break; to elicit their views of such breaks; and to examine the effectiveness of differing types and mixes of breaks.
Families, services and confusion in old age
- Authors:
- LEVIN Enid, SINCLAIR Ian, GORBACH Peter
- Publisher:
- Avebury
- Publication year:
- 1989
- Pagination:
- 328p., tables, diags., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Aldershot
Report of a NISW study which aimed to identify the specific problems faced by carers of elderly mentally infirm people, to assess which were more and which were less stressful, and to explore the effectiveness of services.
The supporters of confused elderly persons at home. Extract from the main report
- Authors:
- LEVIN Enid, SINCLAIR Ian, GORBACH Peter
- Publisher:
- National Institute for Social Work, Research Unit
- Publication year:
- 1983
- Pagination:
- var.pag.
- Place of publication:
- London
How to give carers a break
- Authors:
- MORIARTY Jo, LEVIN Enid
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Dementia Care, 3(3), May 1995, pp.20-21.
- Publisher:
- Hawker
Respite care services must adapt to the changing needs of users and carers. Looks at the results of research undertaken by the authors to find out the extent and types of respite care available and the purposes and benefits of respite care.
Programme of research on community care: an evaluation of community care arrangements for older people with dementia
- Authors:
- MORIARTY Jo, LEVIN Enid, PAHL Jan, WEBB Sarah
- Publisher:
- National Institute for Social Work
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 24p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Outlines a 3 year research programme which aims to: describe a sample of people with dementia who have been referred to, and assessed by, their local social services department; collect information on the community care services received over a period of a year, in terms of the numbers and types used, their duration, stability and costs, and the effectiveness of differing combinations of services or packages; and to evaluate these services in terms of their ability to meet the needs and preferences of the people in the sample and their carers.
Integrating social and health care: a comparative study of outcomes for older poeple and their carers
- Authors:
- LEVIN Enid, et al
- Publisher:
- Royal Free Hospital. Department of Primary Care and Population Sciences, Univers
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 165p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This report focused on older people aged 75+ who were assessed for community care support. Assessments were undertaken at first interview, and at six month follow up, and analysis made of whether or not people were still in the community and the variables affecting this. The conclusions were striking: If everything else is held constant, each unit increase in MMSE (the Mini Mental State Examination) score raised the likelihood of people remaining in their own homes by 14% (low MMSE scores being indicators of cognitive impairment). The second largest contribution was made by the intensity of home care support; for every unit increase of home care, the chance of remaining at home rose by 8%.4.
Better for the break
- Authors:
- LEVIN Enid, MORIARTY Jo, GORBACH Peter
- Publisher:
- HMSO/National Institute for Social Work. Research Unit
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 205p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Based on a study of respite services for the carers of confused elderly people that aimed to: establish and compare the characteristics and problems of groups of confused elderly people and their carers using different types and mixes of respite services; to elicit the carers', older people's and practitioners' views of these services so that guidelines for practice can be based upon them; and to examine the effectiveness of different types and mixes of respite services in terms of their acceptability, their impact on the carers' psychological health, their impact on the older people, and their effects on the admission of elderly people to permanent residential care.
Research on community care: social work and community care and community care arrangements for older people with dementia
- Authors:
- WEBB Sarah, MORIARTY Jo, LEVIN Enid
- Publisher:
- National Institute for Social Work. Research Unit
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 28p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Short report summarising two separate studies documenting some of the changes that have taken place since the full implementation of the NHS and Community Care Act 1990 five years ago. Looks at the changes as they were experienced by staff in SSDs, users and carers. The first report focuses specifically at the mixed economy of care and the second at services for older people with dementia.