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Making home care for older people more flexible and person-centred: factors which promote this
- Authors:
- PATMORE Charles, McNULTY Alison
- Publisher:
- University of York. Social Policy Research Unit
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 37p.
- Place of publication:
- York
This report examines the factors which make possible a flexible, person-centred approach to providing home care for older people in light of the Department of Health's Green Paper on Adult Social Care.
Caring for the whole person: home care for older people which promotes well-being and choice
- Authors:
- PATMORE Charles, McNULTY Alison
- Publisher:
- University of York. Social Policy Research Unit
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 93p.
- Place of publication:
- York
This report presents the final account from the three-part research project on flexible person-centred home care for older people, which was funded through the Department of Health Research Programme at the Social Policy Research Unit at York University, from 2001 till early 2005.
That little bit extra
- Authors:
- PATMORE Charles, McNULTY Alison
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 13.10.05, 2005, pp.36-37.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
This article presents new research findings on what helps a home care provider to provide flexible, holistic, person-centred service for older people. Topics include: the philosophy of the provider manager, size of management team, policies on staff rotas, and advantages for in-house social services providers.
Improving older adults' functional ability through service use in a home care program in Hong Kong
- Authors:
- CHEUNG Chau-kui, NGAN Raymond Man-Hung
- Journal article citation:
- Research on Social Work Practice, 15(3), May 2005, pp.154-164.
- Publisher:
- Sage
Despite past findings about the contribution of home care services to older users’ functional ability, the effective processes and components of the services are not transparent. Such processes appear to rely on the actual use of component services of the home care programme. The study gathered 116 observations during 2 years concerning 49 home care service users in Hong Kong. The study shows that an older user maintained better functional ability with a longer time of using a home care program in Hong Kong using the service. The time effect, in turn, was primarily due to the increased use of seven services provided by the programme. Among the service components, the home-nursing services generated a unique contribution to the user's functional ability, with its prior score controlled. Multidisciplinary services under case management underpin an effective home care programme.
Assessing unmet needs of older adults receiving home and community-based services conceptualization and measurement
- Authors:
- LI Hong, MORROW-HOWELL Nancy, PROCTOR Enola
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Work in Long-Term Care, 3(3/4), 2005, pp.103-120.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- London
This American study reviews the conceptualization and measurement issues related to unmet service needs of older adults receiving home and community-based services. The authors summarize and synthesize the recent literature on unmet service needs to examine (1) how this concept is conceptualized and measured and (2) how this concept could be used to advance the provision of home and community-based services. The findings suggest that measures of unmet needs varied in terms of their focus (e.g., function-specific or service-specific) and sources of information (e.g., care receivers, caregivers, or professions). The findings underscore the need to further refine the conceptualization and measurement of unmet service needs and to assure the proper use of existing measures by social service providers. (Copies of this article are available from: Haworth Document Delivery Centre, Haworth Press Inc., 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580).
Medicaid home care services and survival in New York City
- Authors:
- ALBERT Steven M., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Gerontologist, 45(5), October 2005, pp.609-616.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
New York City's Medicaid Home Care Services Program provides an integrated program of housekeeping and personal assistance care along with regular nursing assessments. This study sought to determine if this program of supportive care offers a survival benefit to older adults. Of 866 older adults with Medicaid coverage living in the community, 288 (33.3%) received Medicaid home care services in the period from 1994 to 1996. Mortality was tracked through the end of 1999. In proportional hazards models that adjusted for differences in sociodemographic, medical, and functional status, use of Medicaid home care service was associated with a significantly reduced risk of death in people with disability in activities of daily living. Because the program has distinctive features (greater number of weekly hours than other programs, integration with nursing assessments), it is a special case of community-based long-term care. Still, results from this observational cohort suggest that mortality risk in the most vulnerable elderly population can be reduced through a program of supportive care.
'Single' assessment for older people: comparison of the MDS-HC with current auditable methods in the home care setting
- Authors:
- CARPENTER G. Iain, CHALLIS David J., SWIFT Cameron
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Integrated Care, 13(5), October 2005, pp.35-41.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
This project compared the use of an evidence-based, systematically developed, standardised assessment instrument for community care with existing assessment instruments, in two social services departments. It is concluded that assessment methods without proven reliability may jeopardise the interests of older people and the need to raise standards.
Home care service for people with dementia: case study for the Housing Learning and Improvement Network
- Authors:
- RUSSELL Jeff, HOVEY Lisa, FAIRLIE Carole
- Journal article citation:
- Housing Care and Support, 8(3), September 2005, pp.17-21.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
This case study gives an example of a pioneering, specialist home care service for people with dementia living in their own homes in the Borough of Poole in Dorset. The service provides appropriate home care services through the deployment of a specially trained staff team and additional, flexible support to meet individual needs.
Power of the purchaser
- Authors:
- PATMORE Charles, McNULTY
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 6.10.05, 2005, pp.34-35.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
This article presents research findings about factors which promote person-centred, customer-led home care for older people. It describes the far-reaching influence of social services purchasers over whether independent home care providers supply such a service.
The business of caring
- Author:
- BANKS Penny
- Journal article citation:
- London Age, Autumn 2005, pp.2-3.
- Publisher:
- Age Concern
The author outlines the main finding of the King's Fund Care Services Inquiry. The report, the 'Business of Caring' was a year-long investigation into care services for people in London, and includes a number of recommendations for action by central and local government, the NHS, inspectors and regulators.