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Sleeping around
- Author:
- UNWIN P.
- Journal article citation:
- Social Services Insight, 23.8.88, 1988, pp.15-16.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Publishing
How to assess quality in residential services for the elderly : try them out yourself.
A summary of the monitoring of time trends in the Kent community care scheme: April 1988
- Author:
- CHESTERMAN John
- Publisher:
- University of Kent. Personal Social Services Research Unit
- Publication year:
- 1988
- Pagination:
- 18p., tables.
- Place of publication:
- Canterbury
A longitudinal overview of the Kent County Council Community Care Scheme for the elderly is summarised by means of the database obtained from systematic monitoring using fieldwork records.
Design-in-use study of Skeagh House old People's Home, Dromore
- Authors:
- HERRON S.C., MURDOCK W., WHYTE M
- Publisher:
- Northern Ireland. Department of Health and Social Services. Social Services Insp
- Publication year:
- 1988
- Pagination:
- 16p.
- Place of publication:
- Belfast
Heineken and matching processes in the Thanet community care project: an empirical test of their relative importance
- Authors:
- DAVIES Bleddyn, MISSIAKOULIS Spyros
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Social Work, 18(Supplement), 1988, pp.55-78.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
An analysis of the effect and interaction of different processes in the provision of care, aimed at improving psychological well-being and compensating for functional deficits.
Accepting of hospital-based respite care by families and elders
- Authors:
- GONYEA Judith G., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Health and Social Work, 13(3), Summer 1988, pp.201-208.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Describes and evaluates a scheme and discusses the need to encourage use of the facility.
Community care for the frail elderly: an urban experiment
- Authors:
- CHALLIS David, et al
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Social Work, 18(Supplement), 1988, pp.13-42.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Describes the development of the Gateshead project, outcomes, measures of quality of life and adequacy of care.
Care of the elderly with psychiatric disorders
- Author:
- SPOOR Chris
- Publisher:
- University of Aberdeen. Health Economics Research Unit
- Publication year:
- 1988
- Pagination:
- 40p., tables, bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Aberdeen
Reports on a study which set out to specify and measure the benefits generated by various service options for care of the elderly with psychiatric disorders.
Evaluation of a family support unit for elderly mentally infirm people and their carers
- Authors:
- DONALDSON Cam, et al
- Publisher:
- University of Newcastle upon Tyne. Health Care Research Unit
- Publication year:
- 1988
- Pagination:
- 51p., tables, bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Newcastle upon Tyne
Describes a family support unit funded under the "Rising Tide" initiative, aimed at identifying innovative services which would meet the increasing proportion of elderly and very elderly people in society.
Monitoring and evaluation of day care services for older people
- Author:
- TESTER Susan
- Journal article citation:
- Social Services Research, 5, 1988, pp.20-24.
- Publisher:
- Social Services Research Group
Discusses methods to be used at the individual, local and national levels.
Increasing efficiency in community-based, long-term care for the frail elderly
- Author:
- MILLER L.S.
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work Research and Abstracts, 24(2), Summer 1988, pp.7-14.
- Publisher:
- National Association of Social Workers
Describes methods used to evaluate the effectiveness of an intensive community-care programme in California and the contribution made by case-management and accurate selection.