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Older people and community care in Scotland - a review of recent research (summary)
- Author:
- MACDONALD Charlotte
- Publisher:
- The Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Older people and community care in Scotland - a review of recent research (full text)
- Author:
- MACDONALD Charlotte
- Publisher:
- The Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 62p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Dignity in care: nutrition for older people at home
- Author:
- SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE
- Publisher:
- Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Pagination:
- 10 minutes 23 seconds
- Place of publication:
- London
This film highlights the role of good nutritional care and hydration for older people living in their own homes. Food and mealtimes are very important to older people. Listening to what older people wish to eat and by preparing fresh food, the meal time experience can be enhanced. This film was previously available under the title 'Nutritional care for older people.' (Edited publisher abstract)
Hospital at home is a good option for many older people
- Author:
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH RESEARCH
- Publisher:
- National Institute for Health Research
- Publication year:
- 2022
- Place of publication:
- London
Summarises the findings from a study that explored whether hospital at home, led by a geriatrician, would allow older people to remain in their homes for longer, compared with hospital care. The study explored the costs of the service (compared to hospital care) and whether it helped people to recover from illness. The team interviewed older people and their caregivers to assess their experiences of the two services. The study included 1,000 people in 9 locations across the UK. It included people aged 65 years and older who were being considered for a hospital admission. One group of participants was admitted to hospital, the other received hospital at home (homecare). Homecare included a complete geriatric assessment along with care from different NHS specialists. All participants had access to hospital-based services when needed (including admissions), and primary care. Six months later, people in both groups were similarly likely to be living at home (79% homecare; 75% hospital). This was also true at 12 months (66% homecare; 67% hospital). The study also found that: a similar proportion of each group had died at 6 and 12 months; slightly fewer people in the homecare group were admitted for long-term residential care at 6 and 12 months; both groups had similar problems with memory and concentration (cognitive impairment) and carrying out daily activities at 6 months; people in the homecare group had less risk of sudden confusion (delirium) at 1 month follow-up than the hospital group; people in the homecare group were more likely to be transferred to hospital after 1 month, though by 6 months transfers to hospital were similarly likely in both groups. (Edited publisher abstract)
Right time, right place: urgent community-based care for older people
- Author:
- BRITISH GERIATRICS SOCIETY
- Publisher:
- British Geriatrics Society
- Publication year:
- 2021
- Pagination:
- 7
- Place of publication:
- London
This document aims to describe the role of urgent care within the ecosystem of older people’s care and details some examples of how urgent care can be provided outside the hospital environment. It provides tips for BGS members who want to start providing this type of care to their older patients and calls on commissioners and governments to make the provision of care at or near to home easier for healthcare professionals and patients. The document outlines the offers and services currently delivered across the country in pursuit of a broadly similar aim to provide appropriate, timely, high-quality care when an older person experiences a crisis or urgent need. Options for alternatives to hospital include: Hospital at Home (H@H); urgent community response (UCR); Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC); Frailty Assessment Units (FAUs); Virtual wards. (Edited publisher abstract)
Developing a housing and community care strategy for older people: a do-it-yourself guide
- Author:
- OLDMAN Christine
- Publisher:
- Anchor Trust
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 33p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Kidlington
This guide begins by asking why a strategy should be developed and goes on to the steps involved, needs assessment, getting started, collating and appraising existing sources of information on need, demand or supply, asking older people about need, conducting overviews of selected operational areas and implementation.
Looking forward to care in old age: expectations of the next generation
- Authors:
- LEVENSON Ros, JEYASINGHAM Mercy, JOULE Nikki
- Publisher:
- King's Fund
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 51p.
- Place of publication:
- London
What do today’s middle-aged people expect of care services in the future? Based on discussions with seven focus groups of people in their 50s, living in different communities in London, this paper reports on what kind and quality of care they want, and the type of housing, residential and community care options they expect. It also probes how roles and people’s expectations of children to care for their parents are changing.
National minimum information standards for older people
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Executive. Health Department
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 40p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Public attitudes to the provision of free personal care: older people's focus group research
- Authors:
- DEWAR Belinda, O'MAY Fiona, WALKER Esther
- Publisher:
- The Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
"This research, which was commissioned to inform the deliberations of the Care Development Group, explores the views of specific groups of older people regarding services and the provision of a free personal care system for older people in Scotland."
Informal care of the elderly in Scotland and the UK
- Authors:
- LEONTARIDI Rannia, BELL David
- Publisher:
- The Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
"This paper assesses some of the evidence on informal care for the elderly both in Scotland and in the rest of the UK. It uses a number of data sources, such as the Family Resources Survey, the British Household Panel Survey and the Scottish Household Survey and was undertaken to inform the thinking of the Care Development Group."