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An information design audit of information about residential care
- Author:
- LEWIS David
- Publisher:
- Policy Studies Institute
- Publication year:
- 1991
- Pagination:
- 42p.,tables,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Reports the results of an information design audit. The report forms part of a wider project exploring the nature of the information which is needed when people make the transition to residential care.
Consumer conundrums
- Author:
- LAMONT L.
- Journal article citation:
- Residential and Day Care Weekly, 6.5.88, 1988, pp.12-13.
Choosing a private old people's home for a relative.
How 'they' decide: exploring professional decision-making
- Authors:
- McKEGANEY Neil, MacPHERSON Isobel, HUNTER David J.
- Journal article citation:
- Research Policy and Planning, 6(1), 1988, pp.15-19.
- Publisher:
- Social Services Research Group
Considers advantages and disadvantages of employing observational and interviewing techniques - illustrated by a study of the assessment of elderly people for admission to residential care.
Care workers’ ambivalence towards family care partners: informal decision-making processes when older people consider relocation to a residential home
- Author:
- SODERBERG Maria
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Care and Caring, 4(4), 2020, pp.513-530.
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
The aim of this article is to reveal how care workers in the home-help service interpret the influence of family care partners when older people’s relocation to a residential home is considered. Based on interviews with 33 care workers, this article investigates how they use their discretion. The analysis shows that the care workers express ambivalence towards family care workers and that they informally influence decision-making processes despite prevailing care management systems. The conclusion drawn are that welfare ideas in transformation and diffuse areas of responsibility may not benefit either care workers, family care partners or a care receiver’s self-determination. (Edited publisher abstract)
How the care managers handle the process when older people consider relocation to a residential home
- Authors:
- SODERBERG Maria, STAHL Agneta, EMILSSON Ulla Melin
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Social Work, 45(8), 2015, pp.2423-2440.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
The aim of this article is to reveal how care managers handle the process when older people consider relocation to a residential home in a Swedish context. The article is based on vignette-based interviews with seven care managers. The main findings in the article are that the care managers assist older people in their decisions by turning ageing in place and relocation, respectively, into seemingly natural choices. In both approaches, they use warrants related partly to ‘the best for older people’, partly to ‘the common good of economizing’. The conclusions drawn are that the care managers, by applying risk management and extensive alliance strategies, are not really able to question their own work situation and that they perform their work in a context of different parties restraining themselves. The implications for social work policy and practice are that the approach referring to older people's self-determination while actually dealing in risk assessment must be thoroughly reconsidered. Other practical implications are that the idea of the purchaser/provider model must be clarified, beyond the assessment of resources. (Publisher abstract)
Deciding to move to a care home: the shared territory of advocacy and social work support
- Authors:
- MANTHORPE Jill, MARTINEAU Stephen
- Journal article citation:
- Practice: Social Work in Action, 22(4), September 2010, pp.217-231.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
This scoping study maps the literature on advocacy in relation to the decision to move to a care home, to identify and analyse research findings and to highlight where there may be gaps in the evidence base. Searches were undertaken for studies published in English from 2000 to 2008 relating to the UK context and social work practice, and where the topic was advocacy in relation to the decision by older people to enter a care home. The study found that none of the articles and reports included in the review directly focused on advocacy and entry into care homes, exposing a lack of research in this field. Although the review located many descriptive examples of advocacy schemes it found that their scope is wide, interpretations of independence vary, and evaluations are rare, and the material reviewed failed to identify ways in which independent advocates might feature in supporting older people who wish to move between care homes. The authors conclude that the implications for practice are that social workers will need to work with independent advocates, ensuring that rights to Independent Mental Capacity Advocate services are exercised, and that they also have a role in quality assurance of advocacy services.
Scoping review of the research and evidence base relating to advocacy services and older people's entry into care homes in England
- Authors:
- MANTHORPE Jill, MARTINEAU Stephen
- Publisher:
- King's College London. Social Care Workforce Research Unit
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 32p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This review scopes the literature on advocacy in relation to the decision to enter a care home on a regular or permanent basis. The introduction gives the background and notes on international developments. Absence of research, the Independent Mental Capacity Advocate service, and future research are commented on. Current and recent projects are listed. The results of the literature search are listed with summaries of each item.
Decision making in long-term care approaches used by older adults and implications for social work practice
- Authors:
- NAKASHIMA Mitsuko, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 43(4), 2005, pp.79-102.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
This article reports findings from a qualitative study of approaches to long-term care decision making used by older adults (N = 52) who continued to reside long-term in the community following nursing facility pre-admission screening. Older adults used different approaches to decisionmaking (autonomous, collaborative, and delegated)while seeking the most appropriate care setting. Factors such as mental capacity, the role of family caregivers, and self-advocacy skills influenced the choice of decisionmaking approach. Findings also illustrate how older adults moved through multiple pathways in order to reach their eventual long-term residence. These findings are discussed in terms of their implications for clinical practice and research. (Copies of this article are available from: Haworth Document Delivery Centre, Haworth Press Inc., 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580)
Factors affecting decisions to institutionalise demented elderly
- Authors:
- LIEBERMAN Morton A., KRAMER Joel H.
- Journal article citation:
- Gerontologist, 31(3), June 1991, pp.371-374.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Reports on a study which indicated that characteristics, type and number of caregivers and caregiver distress were most decisive in the eventual move to residential care.
Finding out about residential care: results of a survey of users
- Authors:
- ROBERTS Sean, STEELE Jane, MOORE Nick
- Publisher:
- Policy Studies Institute
- Publication year:
- 1991
- Pagination:
- 125p.
- Place of publication:
- London
A survey of the information needs of residents and potential residents of residential care homes. Looks at the subjects on which information is needed and the constraints which inhibit people's use of information.