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Guidance for people previously considered clinically extremely vulnerable from COVID-19
- Authors:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health and Social Care, PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND
- Publishers:
- Great Britain. Department of Health and Social Care, Public Health England
- Publication year:
- 2021
- Place of publication:
- London
Guidance for people, including children, who are at very high risk of severe illness from coronavirus (COVID-19), because of an underlying health condition, and for their family, friends and carers. It is intended for use in situations where the extremely vulnerable person is living in their own home, with or without additional support. This includes the extremely clinically vulnerable people living in long-term care facilities, either for older people or people with special needs. In September 2021 the shielding programme ended so this guidance was updated to provide information for people previously considered clinically extremely vulnerable from COVID-19 .This guidance was first published with the title 'Guidance on protecting people who are clinically extremely vulnerable from COVID-19'. [Published 21/03/2020. Last updated 01/04/2022] (Edited publisher abstract)
COVID-19: guidance on shielding and protecting people defined on medical grounds as extremely vulnerable
- Author:
- PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND
- Publisher:
- Public Health England
- Publication year:
- 2020
- Place of publication:
- London
Guidance for people, including children, who are at very high risk of severe illness from coronavirus (COVID-19), because of an underlying health condition, and for their family, friends and carers. It is intended for use in situations where the extremely vulnerable person is living in their own home, with or without additional support. This includes the extremely clinically vulnerable people living in long-term care facilities, either for older people or people with special needs. Note, since 19 July 2021, the guidance for clinically extremely vulnerable people has been to follow the same advice as the rest of the population, with the suggestion of additional precautions people may wish to take. [Published 21/03/2020. Last updated 20/09/2021] (Edited publisher abstract)
Psychotherapy with older adults
- Author:
- KNIGHT Bob G
- Publisher:
- Sage
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 221p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Thousand Oaks, CA
Contains chapters on: gerontology for psychotherapists; adaptations of psychotherapy for older people; building rapport with older clients; transference and countertransference; guidelines for assessment in the context of the practice of psychotherapy; grief work; chronic illness in later life; and reminiscence work.
Transforming community services: demonstrating and measuring achievement: community indicators for quality improvement
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Pagination:
- 71p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This document introduces 43 indicators for quality improvement for voluntary, local use in a community setting. These carefully chosen quality indicators are designed to assist local service improvement and help to raise the standard of care delivered to patients and communities. The indicators are grouped into the following categories: health and wellbeing; children and families; acute care; rehabilitation; long term conditions; end of life; general. To get the best from the community indicators, it is important to select those that measure what is valued and what matters to the people who use local services, and which instigate and inform dialogue about where improvement is needed. These indicators should help clinicians and frontline services to measure and monitor quality improvement, by indicating where change is needed and demonstrating what high quality personalised care looks like.
Age consumer direction and outcomes of supportive services at home
- Authors:
- BENJAMIN A.E., MATTHIAS Ruth E.
- Journal article citation:
- Gerontologist, 41(5), October 2001, pp.632-642.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Supportive services at home are essential for older people with severe chronic impairments. Newer "consumer-directed" models of organising home-based services rely heavily on service recipients rather than home care agencies to arrange and direct care at home. This study examined differences in service experience and outcomes between recipients over the under age 65 who direct their own services in one large medicaid programme in the USA. Findings indicate that although younger recipients embrace self-direction more enthusiastically than older ones, age differences are small on a majority of service outcomes. On average, older users embrace this model and manage within it much like younger users. Some differences emerge between the young-old (65-74) and old-old (75 plus), but these are neither consistent nor determinative. Concludes that old age is far from an inevitable barrier to self-direction. As with other age groups there are opportunities and obstacles to be addressed as this newer approach to home care is disseminated.
Health in old age: myth, mystery and management
- Author:
- SIDELL Moyra
- Publisher:
- Open University Press
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 198p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Buckingham
Looks at myths surrounding health in older age. Includes chapters on: patterns of health and illness among older people; understanding chronic illness and disability; maintaining health with physical illness and functional disability; maintaining health with mental malaise; health care and the management of health; personal resources and social support; and a healthy future for old age.
Chronic pain in old age: an integrated biopsychosocial perspective
- Editor:
- ROY Ranjan
- Publisher:
- University of Toronto Press
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 247p.,tables,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- Toronto
Covers social, psychological and epidemiological issues and goes on to look at family issues. Also includes papers on: the combined forces of traditional Chinese and Western medicine to treat pain in older people; pain management; and somatic awareness and pain management.
Care of the chronically and severely ill: comparative social policies
- Editors:
- HOLLINGSWORTH J. Rogers, HOLLINGSWORTH Ellen Jane
- Publisher:
- Aldine de Gruyter
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 256p.,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- Hawthorne, NY
Contains sections on: care for the frail elderly; care for the homebound under 65; care of people with chronic mental health problems; and coordination of services for severely disabled people.
Care and support in Wales: national population assessment report
- Author:
- SOCIAL CARE WALES
- Publisher:
- Social Care Wales
- Publication year:
- 2017
- Pagination:
- 72
- Place of publication:
- Cardiff
This interactive report provides a summary of the seven regional population assessment reports to identify the care and support needs of people, their families and carers, outline what is available to meet people’s needs and what else needs to be done. The report looks at the care and support needs of the following groups: carers who need support; children and young people; health and physical disability; learning disability and autism; mental health; older people; sensory impairment; domestic abuse and sexual violence. It also outlines how the assessments link to the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 and draws together the common issues and pressures identified by the assessments. These include addressing loneliness and isolation, supporting independence, and building resilience in individuals and communities. The final section provides a summary of cross cutting themes that can result in people needing care and support. (Edited publisher abstract)
A textbook of social work
- Authors:
- SHELDON Brian, MACDONALD Geraldine
- Publisher:
- Routledge
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 429p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
This publication is a comprehensive, evidence-based guide to social work practice. It strikes a balance between the need for social workers to understand the social, economic, cultural, psychological and interpersonal factors which give rise to clients' problems, and the need for them to know how best to respond with practical measures. Divided into three accessible parts, the text covers context and theory in the first part and social work skills and methods in the second part. The final part looks at the major specialisms, including, among others, chapters on: children, people with mental health problems; older people; chronic illness and physical disability; learning disability; juvenile and adult offenders; substance misusers.