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An introductory guide to community care
- Author:
- GOODENOUGH Alan
- Publisher:
- Age Concern
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 144p.,list of orgs.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Basic guide to what community care services are available, covering: the current organisation of care services; the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990; registration and inspection; the individual care plan; record keeping; the roles of the care team members; and health and safety procedures.
BBC radio social action: community care II
- Author:
- BBC Radio 2
- Publisher:
- BBC
- Publication year:
- 1992
- Pagination:
- 2 booklets,audio cassette.
- Place of publication:
- London
Pack containing a BBC book - "Who cares now: caring for an older person" by Nancy Kohner and Penny Mares, which is designed to help carers meet some of their own needs as well as the needs of the person they look after. The book also supplies factual information about help and support which may be available and practical guidance about how to get it. The pack also includes a booklet describing the series of programmes broadcast, and a tape of some of the contents of the programmes.
For better or for worse: the experience of caring for an elderly dementing spouse
- Authors:
- POLLITT P.A., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Ageing and Society, 11(4), December 1991, pp.443-469.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
Reports on a study of married couples, describing their attitude to dementia in one partner, assistance received from statutory services and informal carers and characteristics of elderly carers.
Community agency support of family caregiving
- Authors:
- LINSK Nathan L., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Health and Social Work, 13(3), Summer 1988, pp.2O9-218.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Reports on a survey of services aimed at carers.
Natural helpers as street health workers among the black urban elderly
- Authors:
- MILLIGAN S., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Gerontologist, 27(6), 1987, pp.712-715.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Describes a neighbourhood based support project using volunteers.
The elderly at home: service needs and provision
- Authors:
- LUKER K.A., PERKINS E.S.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners, 37(299), 1987, pp.248-250.
- Publisher:
- Royal College of General Practitioners
Reports on a local study which shows that in reality community care means care by lay carers, and suggests reasons why they may not receive adequate help from statutory services.
In safe hands: home care relief scheme; report 1981-85
- Author:
- AGE CONCERN YORK
- Publisher:
- Age Concern
- Publication year:
- 1986
- Pagination:
- 30p.
- Place of publication:
- York
Staying at home: helping elderly people
- Author:
- TINKER Anthea
- Publisher:
- HMSO
- Publication year:
- 1984
- Pagination:
- 191p.,tables,illus.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
What works well in community care: supporting older people in their own homes and community networks
- Authors:
- SEDDON Diane, HARPER Graham
- Journal article citation:
- Quality in Ageing, 10(4), December 2009, pp.8-17.
- Publisher:
- Pier Professional
- Place of publication:
- Brighton
This paper presents findings from a qualitative study that sought to identify what works well in supporting older people to live in their own homes and local communities. Data was collected from 6 focus groups convened with key stakeholders: 2 with older people, 2 with carers, 1 with direct service providers, and 1 with care managers. When considering what helps older people to live in their own homes and local communities the themes that emerged from the focus groups were person-centred support, maintaining community connections, and flexible support arrangements. To be effective, support needs to be underpinned by a person-centred approach which takes into account individual preferences and priorities, and is organised locally to where older people live. Statutory organisations are often constrained by restrictive thinking and financial pressures lead to resource-centred rather than person-centred responses to individuals in need. The findings suggest that commissioners of services should be more creative in developing flexible providers in local communities. The potential of an action research programme to explore these ideas and enable processes for development, outcomes for older people, their carers and the communities in which they live, as well as the costs, to be tested comparatively with traditional services is noted.
A study of 10 states since passage of the National Family Caregiver Support Program: policies, perceptions, and program development
- Authors:
- FEINBERG Lynn Friss, NEWMAN Sandra L.
- Journal article citation:
- Gerontologist, 44(6), December 2004, pp.760-769.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Describes the preliminary experiences of 10 US states in providing support services to family or informal caregivers of elderly adults and adults with disabilities, focusing on the newly created National Family Caregiver Support Program, state general funds, Medicaid-waiver programs, and other state-funding streams. Case studies were conducted in March-July 2002 through in-person interviews with state officials and stakeholders in Alabama, California, Florida, Hawaii, Indiana, Iowa, Maine, Pennsylvania, Texas and Washington. States were in the start-up phase of implementing the Program and varied greatly in programme design and integration of caregiver support into their home- and community-based care system. Viewing family caregivers as a client population was a paradigm shift for many state officials. Heavy reliance is currently placed on family and informal caregivers in home- and community-based care, without adequate support services. Family support should be an explicit goal of long-term-care system reform.