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Domestic harmony
- Author:
- ALLEN Daniel
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 26.9.96, 1996, pp.16-17.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The author investigates a scheme in Northern Ireland which helps elderly people to have the chance to remain at home and not be placed in residential care if their needs become too much for a friend or relative to cope with.
Sheltered housing and care for older people: perspectives of tenants and scheme managers
- Authors:
- TAYLOR Brian J., NEILL Andrea
- Journal article citation:
- Quality in Ageing, 10(4), December 2009, pp.18-28.
- Publisher:
- Pier Professional
- Place of publication:
- Brighton
Sheltered housing schemes for older people took a new turn in the UK with the community care policy of the early 1990s giving care provision for people living in such schemes. There is relatively little research on what sheltered housing schemes provide and what makes them work well. This study looked at sheltered housing provision for older people in the north Antrim area of Northern Ireland through 10 focus groups with tenants and 16 questionnaires administered with managers of schemes. The findings showed that tenants valued the independence and choice of sheltered housing in comparison with institutional care. They also highly valued the social interaction and social events with other tenants. Scheme managers were often available to tenants for long and anti-social hours. The home care arrangements were regarded as satisfactory although there were criticisms of the limited hours for tasks and the skills of some care workers. Some scheme managers thought that the publicly-funded homecare service would be more efficient if the staff were managed from the housing scheme. The overall conclusion was that well-planned and well-located supported housing schemes with appropriate attention to social aspects lead to good self-reported quality of life and satisfaction of the tenants. An area for further research is the effectiveness of different arrangements for the provision of care in such schemes.
Battle on the home care front: perceptions of home care workers of factors influencing staff retention in Northern Ireland
- Authors:
- FLEMING Geraldine, TAYLOR Brian J.
- Journal article citation:
- Health and Social Care in the Community, 15(1), January 2007, pp.67-76.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
The provision of home care services is a key component in avoiding inappropriate admission of older people to institutional care and preventing delayed discharge from hospital. However, there is a growing problem of retention of home care workers (HCWs), creating problems for delivering this increasingly essential service. The present study was based in a health and social services trust in Northern Ireland, and was designed to explore the growing problem of retention of HCWs from their own perspective. The cross-sectional survey design used a convenience sample and questionnaires were completed by 45 HCWs (response rate = 45 of 147, 31%). Responses to most questions were on five-point ordinal scales. Focus groups in which 12 HCWs participated were used to explore emerging themes. The variables studied were HCWs' perspectives on: (1) reasons for considering leaving; (2) working hours; (3) supervision and support, and qualifications and training; (4) workload pressures; (5) client attitudes; (6) pay; and (7) job satisfaction. The main reasons given by HCWs for dissatisfaction and considering leaving were (in rank order): (1) irregular and antisocial hours; (2) lack of management support; and (3) workload pressures. Commitment to caring seemed to be the reason why pay did not feature more highly for those who did not leave. Home care workers are being required to provide care for people with evermore-complex health and social care needs, and in an environment increasingly regulated in terms of quality and risk. This makes it an increasingly demanding job, which does not seem to be recognised in the training and working conditions of HCWs. The most significant factors identified give scope for service managers to improve the retention of HCWs.
The challenges associated with providing community care for people with complex needs in rural areas: a qualitative investigation
- Authors:
- McCANN Siobhan, RYAN Assumpta Ann, MCKENNA Hugh
- Journal article citation:
- Health and Social Care in the Community, 13(5), September 2005, pp.462-469.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This study explored the experiences of recipients and providers of community care in rural areas in Northern Ireland. The authors also sought to examine the impact of location, housing and environmental factors on the delivery of community care to older people with complex needs. Individual, semi-structured interviews were held with 17 service users and 14 family carers. Individual and focus group interviews were conducted with care assistants, health and social care professionals, and senior managers from a large health and social care trust and health and social services board in Northern Ireland. The importance of enabling older people to remain in their own homes and communities was emphasised by all participants. The main challenges associated with care provision in rural areas included: difficulties recruiting care assistants; lack of choice of care assistants; isolation; travel and distance between clients and their care assistants; and poor housing conditions. There was a general consensus among participants that the effectiveness of rural community care was perceived to be reliant upon the goodwill of the community. Additionally, changing demographic trends and the predicted shortfall in the number of formal and informal carers were considered key issues for service planners.
Expectations and attitudes affecting patterns of informal care in farming families in Northern Ireland
- Author:
- HEENAN Deirdre
- Journal article citation:
- Ageing and Society, 20(2), March 2000, pp.203-216.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
Recent research in Northern Ireland examining the needs and circumstances of informal carers has highlighted the personal and financial costs of caring. Argues that these studies have taken no account of the particular expectations and attitudes towards informal care that exist within farm families. In these families there is a strong expectations that care for older relatives will take place almost entirely within the family. Help from the state and voluntary sector is extremely limited. Rather than being described as burdensome and difficult, these family arrangements are described as beneficial for everyone involved. It is argued that expectations and attitudes towards care within farm families are significantly different from those in non-farm families and policy makers and practitioners must take account of this in the context of care in the community.
Statistics on community care for adults in Northern Ireland 2017/18
- Author:
- NORTHERN IRELAND. Department of Health. Community Information Branch
- Publisher:
- Northern Ireland. Department of Health. Community Information Branch
- Publication year:
- 2018
- Pagination:
- 93
- Place of publication:
- Belfast
Statistical information on community care services gathered from health and social care (HSC) trusts. It includes details of contacts with HSC trusts, the number of care packages in effect, number of people in receipt of meals on wheels services, residential and nursing accommodation and day care registrations. It reports that between 1 April 2017 and 31 March 2018, 29,228 people in the Elderly Care, Learning Disability and Physical & Sensory Disability were in contact with HSC Trusts in Northern Ireland. (Edited publisher abstract)
Statistics on Community Care for Adults in Northern Ireland 2016 - 2017
- Author:
- NORTHERN IRELAND. Department of Health. Community Information Branch
- Publisher:
- Northern Ireland. Department of Health. Community Information Branch
- Publication year:
- 2017
- Pagination:
- 92
- Place of publication:
- Belfast
Statistical information on community care services gathered from health and social care (HSC) trusts. It includes details of contacts with HSC trusts, care packages in effect, meals on wheels services, residential and nursing accommodation and day care registrations. It reports that between 1 April 2016 and 31 March 2017, 28,653 people in the Elderly Care, Learning Disability and Physical and Sensory Disability POC’s were in contact with HSC Trusts. As at 30 June 2017, there were 5,238 residential places available, a 1 per cent increase from the previous year. Of these 59 per cent were in independent residential homes, while 21 per cent were in statutory residential homes and 20 per cent in dual registered nursing homes. (Edited publisher abstract)
Statistics on community care for adults in Northern Ireland 2015-2016
- Author:
- NORTHERN IRELAND. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Northern Ireland. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2016
- Pagination:
- 92
- Place of publication:
- Belfast
This report presents information on a range of community activity gathered from health and social care (HSC) trusts including contacts with HSC trusts, care packages in effect, meals on wheels services, residential and nursing accommodation and day care registrations. Community care describes the wide range of services and support which enable individuals to live in their own home or in community settings. It is designed to maintain and promote the independence and well-being of disabled and older people, and has as its overriding objective the aim to enable people to live as full a life as possible, in whatever setting best suits their needs. The report shows that between 1 April 2015 and 31 March 2016, 29,935 persons were in contact with HSC Trusts in Northern Ireland, a one per cent decrease on the same period last year and 10 per cent increase since the same period four years ago. 40 per cent of persons in contact were aged 65 and over. (Edited publisher abstract)
Statistics on community care for adults in Northern Ireland 2014 - 2015
- Authors:
- O'HAGAN Joanne, et al
- Publisher:
- Northern Ireland. Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety. Community Information Branch
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Pagination:
- 92
- Place of publication:
- Belfast
Summarises information on a range of community care services collected from Health and Social Care Trusts in Northern Ireland. Data includes: contacts with Trusts (including care for older people, people with learning disabilities, people with physical and sensory disabilities); care packages in effect (residential and nursing home care); meals on wheels services; residential and nursing accommodation; and day care registrations. The report includes trend analysis over the past five years. (Edited publisher abstract)
Statistics on community care for adults in Northern Ireland 2013-2014
- Authors:
- O'HAGAN Joanne, CARSON Philip, MOORE Karen
- Publisher:
- Northern Ireland. Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety
- Publication year:
- 2014
- Pagination:
- 92
- Place of publication:
- Belfast
Details analyses on a range of community activity gathered from health and social care trusts including: contacts with trusts (by persons in the Elderly Care, Learning Disability and Physical and Sensory Disability Programmes of Care); care packages in effect (residential and nursing); meals on wheels services; residential and nursing accommodation; and day care registrations. The report includes trend analysis over the past five years. (Edited publisher abstract)