Search results for ‘Subject term:"older people"’ Sort:
Results 1 - 10 of 18
Assisting ageing
- Author:
- IMPROVEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY
- Publisher:
- Improvement and Development Agency
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 54p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Falling birth rates and increasing life expectancy are leading to huge demographic changes. There are now almost 20 million people over the age of 50 in the UK, accounting for 42 per cent of the adult population. By 2020, the proportion will probably be around 48 per cent and there will be more people over 80 than there are children under five. Cotswold District Council, Merseyside Fire & Rescue Service, Nottinghamshire County Council, Shropshire County Council and Stroud District Council have all adopted innovative approaches to the problems and opportunities that are posed by this shift. After sketching the background, Assisting Ageing looks at four themes: planning for an ageing society - lead contributor Nottinghamshire County Council; improving multi-agency working - lead contributors Cotswold District Council and Stroud District Council; harnessing the energy, enthusiasm and skills of older people - lead contributor Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service; engaging with and involving older people - lead contributor Shropshire County Council.
Community caregiving partnerships in aging: promoting alliances to support care providers
- Author:
- KROPF Nancy
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment, 14(1/2), 2006, pp.325-338.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Although greater numbers of families are providing support to older adults, a lack of comprehensive programming in resource allocation continues to exist at the social policy level in the United States. This article explores how community caregiving partnerships may contribute to a solution, and highlights three models. (Copies of this article are available from: Haworth Document Delivery Centre, Haworth Press Inc., 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580).
Partnership in inspection: lessons from the review of the NSF for older people
- Authors:
- KLEE Deborah, MANTHORPE Jill
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Integrated Care, 14(6), December 2006, pp.45-52.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Joint reviews are an approach to partnership working between those involved in inspection and regulation. They provide great opportunities and some challenges. This article describes a case study of the review of the National Service Framework of Older People. The joint review itself was carried out by the Healthcare Commission, the Commission for Social Care Inspection (CSCI) and the Audit Commission through joint inspections in 10 local communities. The article discusses culture and commitment, organisational imperatives and governance.
Extra care housing: is it really an option for older people
- Authors:
- DAWSON Laura, WILLIAMS Jacqetta, NETTEN Ann
- Journal article citation:
- Housing Care and Support, 9(2), October 2006, pp.23-29.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Extra care housing enables older people to remain in their 'own home', while providing appropriate housing and access to health and social care services that are responsive to their needs. This research explored the current levels of development and expansion of extra care housing in terms of the numbers of schemes and places and factors that contributed to and were problematic in its development. A stratified sample of 16 authorities was selected from 148 local authorities in England which had social services responsibilities: 13 agreed to participate. Each authority completed a brief form indicating its level of provision, and the leads were interviewed over the telephone. An opportunistic sample of three registered landlords was also selected. The findings illustrate that local authorities and the Government were united in their aims for developing extra care housing. However, the baseline for provision in the authorities was very limited in comparison with the number of care home places. Good working partnership between social services and housing departments was seen as the most significant factor in the successful development of schemes.
The joys and tribulations of partnership working in care homes for older people
- Authors:
- FROGGATT K.A., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Quality in Ageing, 7(3), September 2006, pp.26-32.
- Publisher:
- Pier Professional
- Place of publication:
- Brighton
Partnership working in care homes for older people does happen, but the nature of this approach to improving the care provided in care homes has not been well articulated. Drawing on the experiences of participants (researchers, relatives and care home managers) from three projects the benefits and challenges of partnership working in this care setting are discussed. The benefits of working in partnership extended beyond the specific remit for each project, through the development of closer relationships between people in the care home. The challenges of partnership working derived largely from the process of learning to work together and the practicalities of finding time to invest in projects beyond the normal care demands. Requirements for successful partnership working were identified and included a need for time, a core group of committed participants and preliminary groundwork.
Creating consortia across the continuum of care: Geriatric social work field education
- Authors:
- FUNDERBURK Brooke A., SIMMONS June W., DAMRON-RODRIGUEZ JoAnn
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work Education (The International Journal), 25(6), September 2006, pp.543-568.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Despite the increasing demand for, and shortage of, well-prepared geriatric social workers, there is currently no replicable geriatric social work field training model. The Geriatric Social Work Education Consortium (GSWEC) was developed as the United States' first regional consortium in geriatric social work field training geared to preparing leaders in the field of aging. GSWEC unites four graduate social work programs, five aging service organizations as Centers of Excellence, and 12 associate agencies in order to integrate graduate academic and field curriculum in geriatric social work, based on the continuum of geriatric care. The methodology involves a Systematic Research Synthesis to identify features of successful educational consortia. Bailey and McNally Koney's Community-Based Consortia Development (CBCD) framework was selected to describe the features of GSWEC. The CBCD model is described and the literature is synthesized by the seven CBCD components: leadership; membership; environmental linkages; purpose; strategy; structure; and systems. The GSWEC model is presented by the CBCD framework as an innovative and replicable model for geriatric social work field education. Lessons learned highlight the importance of strong leadership, careful selection of partners, geographic equity, interpersonal relationships, phased development, and having a clear administrative structure.
Striving for fusion
- Author:
- GRIFFITHS Julie
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 7.09.06, 2006, p.52.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Partly due to its geography and economies of scale, south west local authorities have a history of working collaboratively. The author looks at two recent examples: the delivery of the single assessment process and in the commissioning of services.
Team up for a better result
- Author:
- NACIF Ana Paula
- Journal article citation:
- Local Government Chronicle, 20.07.06, 2006, pp.18-19.
- Publisher:
- Emap Business
The author reports on how Barnet LBC, faced with a large elderly population linked with the private sector to get the homes it needed. Service users were also involved in the selection process of the private sector organisation.
Assessing the mental health needs of older people
- Author:
- SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE
- Publisher:
- Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Place of publication:
- London
- Edition:
- Rev. ed.
This web-based resource provides an overview of information and current practice to all those involved in assessing the social care needs of older people with mental health needs. It is aimed primarily at practitioners undertaking assessments, in particular, those front-line staff who may be the first professional in contact with an older person or their family and friends. The Guide provides access to the information and skills that inform sound judgements in the support of service users and carers. Its coverage includes: messages from research; current policy and guidance; service users and carers; the social workers role in assessment; assessing need; black and minority ethnic older people; implications of the Mental Health Act 1983; and interagency working. Also incorporated in the contents are practice and service examples, useful further reading and links to additional information on the web and to full text of official guidance and standards. (Previously published as SCIE Practice Guide no. 2).
The senses framework: improving care for older people through a relationship-centred approach
- Authors:
- NOALN Mike, et al
- Publisher:
- University of Sheffield. School of Nursing and Midwifery
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 152p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Sheffield
This report, focussing on improving the care of older people, is the second in an occasional series Getting Research into Practice. It draws mainly on the results of a longitudinal study commissioned by the English National Board for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting referred to as AGEIN (Advancing Gerontological Education in Nursing) with particular emphasis on factors influencing students’ perceptions of work with older people. The authors describe the evolution of a framework for practice developed in close collaboration with older people themselves, family carers, practitioners and students. The use of this framework within a relationship-centred approach to care is outlined. The authors suggests that this can provide a better way of “enriching” the care older people receive, while also paying attention to the needs of their families and paid carers. Although most of the work focussed on the nursing role, is hoped that the result will also be relevant to a practitioners across the whole field of health and social care. The report is partly about how individual practitioners can provide the best possible care but it is also based on a whole-systems approach in which all agencies work closely together. It is argued that rather than the present focus on person-centred care, relationship-centred care provides a more appropriate value base for work with older people and their families.