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The effectiveness of the home help service with confused old people and their families
- Authors:
- LEVIN Enid, SINCLAIR Ian, GORBACH Peter
- Journal article citation:
- Research Policy and Planning, 3(2), 1985, pp.1-7.
- Publisher:
- Social Services Research Group
As part of a wider study of relatives supporting confused old people at home the authors considered the relevance of the home help service to the supporters' problems and its effectiveness in alleviating them. Although the service was often not received by old people living with others and presenting the most severe problems, it was generally appreciated by the supporters, relevant to their problems and apparently beneficial to their psychological health. Sometimes it apparently prevented institutional admission. Draws implications for the service and stresses the need to evaluate mainstream services as well as innovations in family support.
Better for the break
- Authors:
- LEVIN Enid, MORIARTY Jo, GORBACH Peter
- Publisher:
- HMSO/National Institute for Social Work. Research Unit
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 205p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Based on a study of respite services for the carers of confused elderly people that aimed to: establish and compare the characteristics and problems of groups of confused elderly people and their carers using different types and mixes of respite services; to elicit the carers', older people's and practitioners' views of these services so that guidelines for practice can be based upon them; and to examine the effectiveness of different types and mixes of respite services in terms of their acceptability, their impact on the carers' psychological health, their impact on the older people, and their effects on the admission of elderly people to permanent residential care.