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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.
Involving older people in planning and evaluating community care: a review of initiatives
- Authors:
- THORNTON Patricia, TOZER Rosemary
- Publisher:
- University of York. Social Policy Research Unit
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 111p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- York
Consumers' and carers' views of care management
- Author:
- LITTLECHILD Rosemary
- Journal article citation:
- Elders the Journal of Care and Practice, 3(2), May 1994, pp.36-49.
Describes Warwickshire SSD's evaluation of a trial project in which three social services employees were based in a health clinic in Kenilworth offering a prompt assessment service to those older people identified as having complex needs.
Structural issues in befriending and advocacy: evaluation of a befriending scheme for elders in residential care
- Authors:
- LANSLEY John, WHITTAKER Terri
- Journal article citation:
- Generations Review, 4(1), March 1994, pp.8-10.
- Publisher:
- British Society of Gerontology
The scheme evaluated by the authors' was the Good Friend Service which was started by Liverpool Personal Service Society (PSS) in 1985. Describes the problems and possibilities associated with evaluating the befriending and advocacy scheme. These include: the politics of funding; constraints in planning and delivering services; integration of residential care and community resources; professionalism and advocacy; and the volunteers' and residents' own perception of the scheme.
Programme of research on community care: an evaluation of community care arrangements for older people with dementia
- Authors:
- MORIARTY Jo, LEVIN Enid, PAHL Jan, WEBB Sarah
- Publisher:
- National Institute for Social Work
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 24p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Outlines a 3 year research programme which aims to: describe a sample of people with dementia who have been referred to, and assessed by, their local social services department; collect information on the community care services received over a period of a year, in terms of the numbers and types used, their duration, stability and costs, and the effectiveness of differing combinations of services or packages; and to evaluate these services in terms of their ability to meet the needs and preferences of the people in the sample and their carers.
A summary report of an evaluation of continuing-care accommodation for elderly people
- Authors:
- BOND John, et al
- Publisher:
- University of Newcastle upon Tyne. Health Care Research Unit
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- Newcastle upon Tyne
Editorial: psychiatric services for elderly people: evaluating system performance
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 9(4), 1994, pp.259-272.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Aims to clarify some of the concepts and terminology of health system evaluation; to draw on published literature to exemplify these concepts; and to discuss some of the implications of routinely evaluating a system rather than scientifically evaluating particular interventions or programmes. Concludes by arguing that the evaluation of psychiatric services for elderly persons is best achieved by the construction of relatively simple models from an array of complex knowledge.
Providing a community psychogeriatric service: models of community psychiatric nursing provision in a single health district
- Authors:
- JUNAID Ola, BRUCE Janet M.
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 9(9), September 1994, pp.715-720.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Describes the provision of community psychiatric nurses (CPNs) within Nottingham Health Authority: major differences in CPN provision were found. There is a need to establish objective performance indicators in order to identify the most efficient and effective models for providing care to the elderly mentally ill in the community.
Evaluating the NHS reforms
- Editors:
- LE GRAND Julian, ROBINSON Ray
- Publisher:
- King's Fund
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 288p.,tables,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Offers an initial evaluation of the impact of the NHS and Community Care Act 1990 on the National Health Service, focusing in particular on equity in health care delivery. Includes chapters on: the performance of Trusts; GP fundholding; services for older people; monitoring managed competition; and monitoring medical audit.
Implementing caring for people: community care packages for older people
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 67p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Report presenting the findings of a study on community care packages for older people, forming part of a series monitoring the implementation of community care arrangements.