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Journal of the American Medical Directors Association
- Publisher:
- Elsevier (for the American Medical Directors Association)
This is the official journal of the American Medical Directors Association, medical directors and physicians practising in long term care. Its peer-reviewed articles include original studies, reviews, clinical experience articles and case reports. Coverage on Social Care Online from this journal is limited to relevant systematic reviews only.
The association between aging inmate housing management models and non-geriatric health services in state correctional institutions
- Authors:
- THIVIERGE-RIKARD R. V., THOMPSON Maxine S.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Aging and Social Policy, 19(4), November 2007, pp.39-56.
- Publisher:
- Routledge
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
US prisons generally place elderly prisoners in specialised segregated housing units away from the general prison population, consolidate them in specialised units within the main prison, or provide a combination of the two. Proponents of the segregated model argue that ageing inmates will receive specialised medical treatment in geriatric units, while those who favour the consolidated model argue that they will have the benefit of both geriatric and non-geriatric health care. This paper examines the association between the type of housing management model adopted and the availability of non-geriatric physical and mental health care, using data from the 2000 Bureau of Justice Statistics Census of State and Federal Adult Correctional Facilities. The results show that institutions choosing the consolidated model provide more mental health services, and that this finding is generally independent of the characteristics of the prison facility.(Copies of this article are available from: Haworth Document Delivery Centre, Haworth Press Inc., 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580).
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.
North West London Strategic Health Authority falls services baseline survey
- Authors:
- YOUNG Michael, ELIAS Ralph
- Publisher:
- North West London Strategic Health Authority
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 7p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Falls are one of the sector’s priorities within the implementation of the older peoples national service framework (OP NSF). This paper contains a draft baseline survey aimed at taking a “snapshot” of the health and social care economy with respect to this important area. The aim is to finalise the survey by the end of January, to conduct it in February and to report back result by early March 2006.
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
- Publisher:
- Blackwells Publishing
The Journal of the American Geriatrics Society publishes articles that are relevant in the broadest terms to the clinical care of older persons. These cover a variety of disciplines and fields and may be of immediate, intermediate, or long-term potential benefit to clinical practice. Coverage on Social Care Online from this journal is limited to relevant systematic reviews only.
Integrated service delivery to ensure persons' functional autonomy
- Editors:
- HEBERT Rejean, TOURIGNY Andre, GAGNON Maxime, (eds.)
- Publisher:
- Edisem
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 323p.
- Place of publication:
- Saint-Hyacinthe, QC
Within healthcare-systems innovations in service organisations are constantly being constructed due -for example- to new medical-, governmental- or managerial insights, political constraints and/or financial objectives. The socio-demographic changes in Canada, the increasing costs, shortage of personnel and dissatisfaction among elders with the traditional hospital-centred-model forced the Canadians towards innovation.This book is relevant for all elders in the world: 'How can one's functional autonomy at old age adequately be ensured?' The book represents the struggle of researchers dealing with an innovation started in 1999 called Integrated Service Delivery (ISD) for the frail elders in three communities in Canada. Aspects of the Program of Research to Integrate Services for the Maintenance of Autonomy (PRISMA) are highlighted in this book.
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.
A prospective baseline study of frail older people before the introduction of an immediate care service
- Authors:
- YOUNG John, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Health and Social Care in the Community, 13(4), July 2005, pp.307-312.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This article describes the first part of a two-stage research project designed to investigate the clinical and service outcomes of a comprehensive intermediate care service. It is a baseline study of patients presenting to two elderly care departments as emergencies with the clinical syndromes of falls, incontinence, confusion or poor mobility before the introduction of a city-wide intermediate care service. The outcome measures were: mortality; disability (Barthel Index, BI); social activities (Nottingham Extended Activities of Daily Living); service use; and carer distress (General Health Questionnaire 28). These were measured at 3, 6 and 12 months after recruitment. Eight hundred and twenty-three patients were recruited (median age 84 years; 70% were women; 45% had cognitive impairment). There was a high mortality rate (36%), evidence for incomplete recovery, a gradual decline in independence over 12 months and a high degree of carer stress. There was little use of rehabilitation services, about 25% required readmission to hospital by each assessment point and there was a gradual increase in institutional care admissions. These findings support a needs-based argument for a more comprehensive community service for frail older people.
Care services: a cause for concern
- Author:
- ROBINSON Janice
- Journal article citation:
- Working with Older People, 9(1), March 2005, pp.31-33.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Reports on initial findings from the King's Fund's enquiry into the provision of care services in London, revealing shortcomings resulting in worries for the future.