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The provision of care for residents dying in UK nursing care homes
- Authors:
- KINLEY Julie, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Age and Ageing, 43(3), 2014, pp.375-379.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Objectives: To identify the care currently provided to residents dying in UK nursing care homes. Method: Study participants were residents who had died within 38 nursing care homes in southeast England over a 3-year period. The nursing care homes had been recruited to take part in a cluster randomised controlled trial looking at different models of facilitation while implementing the Gold Standards Framework in Care Homes (GSFCH) programme. Two researchers examined the notes and daily records of all residents who died in each of these homes between the 1 June 2008 and the 31 May 2011. Results: A total of 2,444 residents died during the 3-year period. Fifty-six percent of these residents died within a year of admission. The support from specialist healthcare services to residents during their last 6 months of life was variable. Conclusions: Nursing care homes have established links with some external healthcare providers. These links included the GP, palliative care nurses and physiotherapy. As dependency of resident increase with 56% residents dying within a year of admission these links need to be expanded. The provision of health care that meets the needs of future nursing care home residents needs to be ‘proactively’ obtained rather than left to chance.
The challenge of providing prison healthcare
- Author:
- GINN Stephen
- Journal article citation:
- British Medical Journal, 22.9.12, 2012, pp.26-28.
- Publisher:
- British Medical Association
The difficulties of providing effective health care to prisoners in British prisons are examined. Prison health services in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland are now all the responsibility of the National Health Service. Current challenges include an increasing prison population; a high turnover of prisoners and many complex and diverse health and social needs. The article also provides a brief history of the evolution of prison health services.
The NSF for Older People: a vehicle for reform
- Author:
- PHILP Ian
- Journal article citation:
- Generations Review, 18(3), July 2008, Online only
- Publisher:
- British Society of Gerontology
The background to the development of the National Service Framework (NSF) for Older People in England, and its implementation in the seven years since its publication in 2001 are described. The author also provides views on what remains to be done in the three years in the life of the Standard a ten year programme for reforming the culture and system of health and social care for older people. The priorities of empowerment through the use of personalised budgets and direct payments, and improved dementia care are highlighted.
Directory of services for older people 2007/08
- Author:
- TRUELOVE Angharad
- Publisher:
- Keyways
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 300p.
- Place of publication:
- Chichester
Published in co-operation with the Guardian, this new directory provides a comprehensive directory of contact details of services for older people, helping you to make a referral, transfer or discharge. This reference book will put you directly in touch with specialists, clinics and key teams in PCTs, County Councils and hospitals across the UK.
National service framework for older people: standard 4: general hospital care: National Learning Network event Thursday 22nd September, 2005
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 40p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This booklet, produced for the final Learning Network event held in London on September 22 2005, provides information about all the projects to support implementation of Standard 4 (General Hospital Care) of the National Service Framework for Older People, the progress of the projects and their achievement to date.
Road to freedom
- Author:
- RANKIN Jennifer
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 05.01.05, 2005, pp.32-33.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The author puts the case for offering older people more choice via individualised budgets, together with an expansion of low level preventive health services.
Care-giving in dementia: research and applications
- Authors:
- JONES Gemma M.M., MIESEN Bere M.L. eds
- Publisher:
- Tavistock/Routledge
- Publication year:
- 1991
- Pagination:
- 500p.,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- London
Papers by health care professionals from England, other European countries, America and Australia on the latest developments in care provision written for those working in the field of dementia.
Surveillance technologies in care homes: seven principles for their use
- Author:
- FISK Malcolm John
- Journal article citation:
- Working with Older People, 19(2), 2015, pp.51-59.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to consider the use of surveillance technologies in care homes and the way in which they can help protect older people. It signals an ethical way forward for their use that de-fuses the heightened rhetoric associated with concerns about the abuse. Totally, seven principles are put forward by which the use of surveillance technologies can be supported. Design/methodology/approach: The paper recognises the significance of technological developments and the key part that they now play in helping people live more independently. Surveillance technologies have a part in this within care homes, but there are important ethical considerations – notably around the way in which concerns for privacy are balanced with those about people’s safety and autonomy. Findings: The paper points to an approach that can guide the use of surveillance technologies within care homes. The seven principles put forward will be built on through further work in 2015 including care home residents, family carers, formal care providers and others. In setting out these principles the paper mediates between the positions of those who argue the merits of such technologies and those who point to some of them, notably cameras, as undermining people’s privacy and the nature of the “care relationship”. Originality/value: The subject matter of the paper is important because of the attention being given to problems of abuse in care settings; and the freedom by which anyone can access technologies that can be used for surveillance. The paper is timely and carries substantial originality. (Publisher abstract)
What is life like for an older person today?
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Office of National Statistics
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Office for National Statistics
- Publication year:
- 2014
- Place of publication:
- Newport
This infographic pulls together statistics on life, work, health, care and population to build a picture of life for an older person in the UK. (Edited publisher abstract)
Reinvent the ageing process
- Authors:
- FOOT Catherine, HUMPHRIES Richard
- Journal article citation:
- Health Service Journal, 124(6393), 4 April 2014, pp.24-25.
- Publisher:
- Emap Healthcare
The authors look at ways of redesigning health and care services to meeting the needs of an ageing population. It highlights the importance of looking at all compoments of care: joint working, the right housing, correct use of comprehensive geriatric assessment, and treating older people with compassion, respect and dignity. (Original abstract)