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Community care of the elderly: an annotated bibliography 1980-1985
- Author:
- SITSKY Lynn
- Publisher:
- University of New South Wales, Social Welfare Research Centre
- Publication year:
- 1987
- Pagination:
- 167p.
- Place of publication:
- Kensington, NSW
Age, care and housing: a selective review of literature about elderly people 1980 to 1991
- Editor:
- SYKES Roger
- Publisher:
- Anchor Housing Trust
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 108p.
- Place of publication:
- Oxford
Person-centredness in the community care of older people: a literature-based concept synthesis
- Author:
- WILBERFORCE Mark
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Social Welfare, 26(1), 2017, pp.86-98.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
‘Person-centredness’ is a ubiquitous term, employed in modern care services to signify policies and practices that attend to the uniqueness of each individual user. Despite being highly regarded in older adult community care services, there is much ambiguity over its precise meaning. Existing reviews of person-centredness and its attributes have tended to focus on the medico-nursing literature, neglecting other interpretations, such as those relevant to community social care. A new literature-based concept synthesis reported here identified 12 common attributes within the broad themes of ‘understanding the person’, ‘engagement in decision-making’ and ‘promoting the care relationship’. The review also contrasts how these attributes are applied across different interpretations of person-centredness. The article argues that not all attributes necessarily pull in the same direction, and that older adults may require them to be delivered in different ways than they are to younger people. Thus, a ‘one-size-fits-all’ approach should be discouraged in community care. (Publisher abstract)
Developing care management in the community to better meet the requirements of older service users with dementia
- Author:
- HOPKINS Nicola
- Publisher:
- University of Warwick; Social Care Association
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 66p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Coventry
Literature review and evaluation of care management in the community to better meet the requirements of older service users with dementia. Also summary of legal and practice issues.
Hospital discharge for frail older people: a literature review with practice case studies
- Authors:
- TARABORRELLI Patricia, et al
- Publisher:
- Great Britain Scottish Office Central Research Unit;
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Outlines the findings of a study that identified and examined recent literatures relating to the discharge of frail older people and assessed the contribution of that literature to current practice. There are two main aspects to the study: an extensive review of the existing literature; and a review of case studies of discharge practice at four Scottish NHS Trusts, selected to represent a range of circumstances and catchment area populations.
Reading around: dementia and ethnicity
- Author:
- MANTHORPE Jill
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Dementia Care, 2(5), September 1994, pp.22-23.
- Publisher:
- Hawker
Rounds up recent research and publications in the area of ethnicity, ageing and dementia.
Providing alternatives to long-stay hospital care for frail elderly patients: is it cost effective?
- Author:
- CHALLIS David
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 7(11), November 1992, pp.773-781.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Identifies problems faced in attempting to analyse the relative cost-effectiveness of long-stay hospital care and community care: comparisons of average costs often ignore the substantial variation of the costs of individuals within settings; excessive weight is placed on those factors more easily measured than those that indicate quality or effectiveness. Considers studies that have attempted to cost alternatives to long-stay hospital care for the frail elderly and of case management, and at lessons that can be learnt from other countries experiences in this area.
The elderly in modern society
- Author:
- TINKER Anthea
- Publisher:
- Longman
- Publication year:
- 1984
- Pagination:
- 369p.,bibliog.,tables.
- Place of publication:
- Harlow
Enabling older people with mental health needs to engage with community social care: a scoping review to inform a theory of change
- Authors:
- NEWBOULD Louise, TUCKER Susan, WILBERFORCE Mark
- Journal article citation:
- Health and Social Care in the Community, 30(4), 2022, pp.1286-1306.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Despite apparent need, many older people with cognitive impairment and/or mental health needs do not fully engage with social care. This can manifest in different ways, including passive or aggressive attempts to avoid or repel care workers. However, little is known about how to support such individuals in their own homes and deliver effective care. Against this background, the researchers undertook a scoping review with a view to developing a preliminary theory of change suggesting how care might be modified to engage this client group. The most recent search was conducted on 21/04/21. Papers were included if they (i) focused on older people (65+) living at home with social care needs and (ii) described difficulties/problems with the provision/receipt of social care associated with individuals’ mental health needs. Twenty-six citations were identified through electronic database searches and reference screening, and the results were charted according to key theory of change concepts (long-term outcomes, preconditions, interventions, rationale and assumptions). All the included papers were related to people with dementia. Four subgroups of papers were identified. The first highlights those external conditions that make it more likely an intervention will be successful; the second describes specific interventions to engage older people who by virtue of their mental health needs have not engaged with social care; the third explores what services can be done to increase service uptake by older people with mental health needs and their caregivers more generally; and the fourth details theoretical approaches to explaining the behaviour of people with dementia. Each provides information that could be used to inform care delivery and the development of interventions to improve engagement with health and social care for these individuals. The study concludes that different framing of engagement difficulties, such as that offered through positioning theory, may assist in future service design. (Edited publisher abstract)
A systematic scoping review of community-based interventions for the prevention of mental ill-health and the promotion of mental health in older adults in the UK
- Authors:
- LEE Caroline, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Health and Social Care in the Community, early cite May 2021,
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Background: Mental health concerns in older adults are common, with increasing age-related risks to physical health, mobility and social isolation. Community-based approaches are a key focus of public health strategy in the UK, and may reduce the impact of these risks, protecting mental health and promoting wellbeing. This study conducted a review of UK community-based interventions to understand the types of intervention studied and mental health/wellbeing impacts reported. Method: This study conducted a scoping review of the literature, systematically searching six electronic databases (2000–2020) to identify academic studies of any non-clinical community intervention to improve mental health or wellbeing outcomes for older adults. Data were extracted, grouped by population targeted, intervention type, and outcomes reported, and synthesised according to a framework categorising community actions targeting older adults. Results: In total, 1,131 full-text articles were assessed for eligibility and 54 included in the final synthesis. Example interventions included: link workers; telephone helplines; befriending; digital support services; group social activities. These were grouped into: connector services, gateway services/approaches, direct interventions and systems approaches. These interventions aimed to address key risk factors: loneliness, social isolation, being a caregiver and living with long-term health conditions. Outcome measurement varied greatly, confounding strong evidence in favour of particular intervention types. Conclusion: The literature is wide-ranging in focus and methodology. Greater specificity and consistency in outcome measurement are required to evidence effectiveness – no single category of intervention yet stands out as ‘promising’. More robust evidence on the active components of interventions to promote older adult's mental health is required. (Edited publisher abstract)