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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.
Users and providers: different perspectives on community care services
- Author:
- WILSON Gail
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Policy, 22(4), October 1993, pp.507-526.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
- Place of publication:
- Cambridge
Elderly clients usually express satisfaction with their services when they are asked. Surveys of clients and carers therefore have to take this tendency into account. It is important not to ask direct questions and to allow for positive, neutral and negative responses, otherwise positive responses will be overestimated. A survey of clients and carers served by a community psychogeriatric service indicated that the way a service is delivered can be more important than what is provided. The differences between staff and user perceptions of services are analysed. There are theoretical reasons for the differences connected with the combination of care and control exercised by service providers. There are also practical reasons in terms of staff perceptions, which are dominated by process, and client perceptions, which are more directly influenced by the services as they are actually delivered. Attempts to incorporate users' views into the process of service delivery need to understand these differences and to acknowledge the limitations of user satisfaction surveys.
Care contradictions: higher charges and fewer services: Counsel and Care’s national survey of local authority care charging and eligibility criteria 2006
- Author:
- COUNSEL AND CARE
- Publisher:
- Counsel and Care
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 12p.
- Place of publication:
- London
A national survey of local authorities conducted by Counsel and Care has revealed that older people who need social care services are subjected to a triple lottery based on where they live; how their local authority applies the eligibility criteria for care services; and the charging policy of their local authority. The National Survey of Local Authority Care Charging and Eligibility Criteria 2006 shows that it is very difficult for older people to access support in the community, unless their needs are very high. Two-thirds of all local authorities surveyed have set their criteria at the top two levels of substantial or critical need, indicating that there are many people whose needs fall below this level and are not being met by social care services.
Emerging patterns of care management: arrangements for older people in England
- Authors:
- CHALLIS David, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Social Policy and Administration, 35(6), December 2001, pp.672-687.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This article explores whether typologies of care management arrangements for older people can be discerned through the analysis of a series of key indicators. Data were drawn from a survey of all English local authorities, undertaken as part of the PSSRU study 'Mapping and Evaluation of Care Management Arrangements for Older People and those with Mental Health Problems'. Care management arrangements were categorised using a limited number of key indicators chosen on an empirical and an a priori basis. This resulted in the formulation of six categories of care management arrangements of older people, within which approximately 80 per cent of local authorities could be included.
A right to be heard: report of the Age Concern Wakefield District Talk-Back Project; December 1996 - March 1999
- Author:
- WILLIS Jenny
- Editor:
- TITLEY Jane.
- Publisher:
- Age Concern
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 30p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Report of a project developed in Wakefield to give frail elderly people a voice in the planning of community care. Participants' views on daily life and community care were surveyed. Report describes the methodology, findings and evaluation of the project.
Satisfaction with the care-managed support of older people: an empirical analysis
- Authors:
- CHESTERMAN John, BAULD Linda, JUDGE Ken
- Journal article citation:
- Health and Social Care in the Community, 9(1), January 2001, pp.31-42.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Using data from the study Evaluating Community Care for Elderly People (ECCEP), of physically and/or mentally frail community-based older people in England and Wales receiving community care services, this study examines three crucial aspects of user satisfaction. The measures were: initial satisfaction with the assessment process and help provided by social services; satisfaction with service levels and with the experience of social services. Examination of overall satisfaction levels provided only a partial picture, due to their association with both user characteristics and the effect of life satisfaction. Arthritis, loneliness, problems keeping warm and an inner city location were all characteristics associated with reduced satisfaction, while most resource inputs, including social work involvement, were positively related to satisfaction. General life satisfaction was also associated with increased satisfaction levels. Findings from this study highlight the complexity of interpreting satisfaction data and suggest that those responsible for designing and conducting surveys need to be aware of both the potential and pitfalls associated with using them as a means of assessing the quality of social services for older people.
Use of health and human services by community-residing people with dementia
- Authors:
- TOSELAND Ronald W., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work: A journal of the National Association of Social Workers (NASW), 44(6), November 1999, pp.535-548.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
This article reports on the use and need for health and human services by community-residing people with dementia in the USA. Telephone interviews were conducted with a sample of caregivers. Although service use was more frequent than expected, many caregivers lacked knowledge about services, suggesting that social workers have a vital information and referral role to play.
Institutional and community living in Australia
- Authors:
- GRIFFIN Tim, PARMENTER Trevor R.
- Journal article citation:
- Tizard Learning Disability Review, 4(1), January 1999, pp.39-43.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Discusses the current trend away from institutional living to community living of people with learning difficulties in Australia. Looks at the challenges for policy-makers and service-funders.
Home sweet home
- Author:
- HIRST Rob
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 1.6.95, 1995, pp.24-25.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Explains the findings of a study in Wiltshire which examines how elderly people choose between sheltered accommodation or remaining in their own homes.
Going home from hospital: a study for Borders Health Board; stage 1 interviews in depth
- Author:
- SCOTTISH HEALTH FEEDBACK
- Publisher:
- Scottish Health Feedback
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 16p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh