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Always to never: a guide to quality assurance for day care providers
- Authors:
- SHEPHERD Diane, WELLS Jan, WILKIE Claire
- Publisher:
- Age Concern
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 56p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Guide for providers of day care to older people.
An offer they can refuse
- Author:
- HATFIELD Barbara
- Journal article citation:
- Care Weekly, 27.1.94, 1994, pp.10-11.
Reports on a survey of carers of people with dementia. A significant number indicated that although day care had been offered it had been refused either because the older person went once and then refused to go again or because they refused to go to day care at all.
Geriatric day hospitals: their role and guidelines for good practice
- Author:
- ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS
- Publisher:
- Royal College of Physicians
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 31p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Reviews the purpose of geriatric day hospitals and the research evidence for their effectiveness. Gives guidelines for good practice and makes recommendations for future developments. Also includes an audit scheme for use in day hospitals.
"It started with a sea-shell": life story work and people with dementia
- Author:
- MURPHY Charles
- Publisher:
- University of Stirling. Dementia Services Development Centre
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 30p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Stirling
Establishes the importance of life story work for people with dementia; argues that everyone can get involved and offers practical ideas and a charter of good practice.
Better for the break
- Authors:
- LEVIN Enid, MORIARTY Jo, GORBACH Peter
- Publisher:
- HMSO/National Institute for Social Work. Research Unit
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 205p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Based on a study of respite services for the carers of confused elderly people that aimed to: establish and compare the characteristics and problems of groups of confused elderly people and their carers using different types and mixes of respite services; to elicit the carers', older people's and practitioners' views of these services so that guidelines for practice can be based upon them; and to examine the effectiveness of different types and mixes of respite services in terms of their acceptability, their impact on the carers' psychological health, their impact on the older people, and their effects on the admission of elderly people to permanent residential care.
Buildings design and the delivery of day care services to elderly people
- Authors:
- BACON V., et al
- Publisher:
- HMSO
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 153p.,tables,illus.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Report exploring the links between community care policies, the delivery of day care services, and the design of the buildings where they are provided. Aimed at building designers, policy makers, purchasers and providers of day care, staff working in day care facilities, students, and all those providing services for older people.
Charging for non-residential social care
- Author:
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL WORK
- Publisher:
- National Institute for Social Work
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Charging for social care for adults in their homes or in day services is on the increase, and many issues are arising about practicalities, equity and likely effects. A survey by Sue Balloch for the local authority associations has shown a very varied picture and considerable confusion.
Multi-purpose residential homes: a fair deal for residents?
- Author:
- WRIGHT Fay
- Journal article citation:
- Ageing and Society, 14(3), September 1994, pp.383-404.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
Reports on a study carried out in 1990 for the Department of Health looking at the development of local authority multi-purpose residential homes for elderly people in England and Wales. A national survey showed that one in five public sector residential homes for elderly people would soon be multi-purpose. This proportion could be expected to increase in the 1990s. Many of these homes had become the centre for virtually all the community support services for elderly people in the neighbourhood. Despite some obvious management advantages in making use of residential home facilities for older people in the community, there have to be serious reservations about a multi-purpose model. Case studies in six multi-purpose homes suggest that residents themselves may gain little or nothing from this arrangement. Few interact with elderly people from the neighbourhood in the day centre. So much activity on the premises meant that invasions of residents' privacy and space were common.
Practice guidelines in residential homes for elderly people
- Author:
- STRATHCLYDE. Social Work Department
- Publisher:
- Strathclyde. Social Work Department
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 1v.,looseleaf.
- Place of publication:
- Glasgow
Strathclyde Social Work Department's guidelines and procedures on residential care for older people. Includes sections on: admissions; assessment; reviews; day care in residential care; general administration; rights; medical matters; health and safety; residents; and staff.
Dementia care: a handbook for residential and day care
- Authors:
- CHAPMAN Alan, JACQUES Alan, MARSHALL Mary
- Publisher:
- Age Concern
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 143p.,list of orgs.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Practical guide to the delivery of care to people with dementia in both residential and day care settings. Topics covered include: diagnosis and assessment; daily care; coping with unusual behaviour; dilemmas and challenges; building design; and health and legal issues. Training exercises and case studies based on real-life situations are used throughout.