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Our turn next: a fresh look at home support services for older people
- Editor:
- HENWOOD Melanie
- Publisher:
- Nuffield Institute for Health
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 11p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Leeds
Looks at shortcomings in community care provision, focusing particularly on home care services and at issues that need to be urgently addressed concerning their provision.
From bystanders to core participants? A literature and data review of self-funders in social care markets
- Authors:
- HENWOOD Melanie, et al
- Publisher:
- University of Birmingham. Health Services Management Centre
- Publication year:
- 2019
- Pagination:
- 59
- Place of publication:
- Birmingham
This interim report provides analysis of the estimated numbers of people who are self-funding their social care and support, and reflections from a realist literature review on self-funders and their experience of engaging with care markets. The report is part of a programme of NIHR funded research at the University of Birmingham, exploring how local authorities are meeting the requirements of the 2014 Care Act to shape markets and deliver better personalisation of care. The report found a scarcity of literature about self-funders, with much either pre-dating the 2014 Care Act, or produced soon after. Estimates of the numbers of people paying for care varied considerably. Also, it found the experiences of self-funders are not routinely captured through large data sets. In total 85 items were included in the literature review. The analysis focuses on the following aspects: market limitations; personalisation; constraints on local authority market shaping; and lack of tools for people to make effective choices. The analysis was unable to provide any definitive conclusions on whether market shaping and personalisation have been effective in achieving better outcomes for self-funders. However, it highlights the challenges and tensions in bringing about the transformation of care and support. (Edited publisher abstract)
No grey areas
- Author:
- HENWOOD Melanie
- Journal article citation:
- Health Service Journal, 12.12.02, 2002, pp.24-27.
- Publisher:
- Emap Healthcare
Discusses the government's policy on long term care. Argues current policy is unclear with the debate too narrowly focused on home closures. Also looks at a possible funding role for the NHS in long term care.
I'll tell you what I want
- Authors:
- HENWOOD Melanie, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 22.1.98, 1998, pp.28-29.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Surveys often show that service users are satisfied with the services they receive but the reality is usually more complex. The authors interviewed users of home care services to find out what they really want from their services.
Listening to users of domiciliary care services: developing and monitoring quality standards
- Authors:
- HENWOOD Melanie, LEWIS Helen, WADDINGTON Eileen
- Publisher:
- Nuffield Institute for Health
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 43p.
- Place of publication:
- Leeds
Describes the findings from a project which developed a set of quality indicators, derived from discussions with users of domiciliary care services and their carers. Based on these quality indicators the team then developed a set of quality assurance frameworks for use by the various stakeholders in domiciliary care. These can be used to help develop the commissioning and delivery of services for older people in ways which address the specific concerns expressed by users.
Community care and elderly people: policy, practice and research review
- Author:
- HENWOOD Melanie
- Publisher:
- Family Policy Studies Centre
- Publication year:
- 1990
- Pagination:
- 47p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Looks at the demand for community care; the evolution of community care policies (including the DHSS Care in the Community Projects, and innovations currently being developed.