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Working with older people from black and minority ethnic groups who have depression
- Authors:
- MANTHORPE Jill, MORIARTY Jo
- Journal article citation:
- Quality in Ageing, 10(1), March 2009, pp.24-31.
- Publisher:
- Pier Professional
- Place of publication:
- Brighton
Despite the growing evidence base about depression and anxiety and its application to service settings and practice, there is still a shortage of practice examples about what works and for whom. This is particularly true of specialist groups, such as people from black and minority ethnic backgrounds. This article discusses policy and legislative encouragements to think about equality of access and diversity issues in mental health services and wider mental health promotion activities. It analyses recent research and policy documents in the context of demographic change and practice. It argues that the context of personalisation in England may provide new opportunities to consider what older people will find most acceptable and effective in meeting their needs, but notes the challenges that this will bring to community-based organisations and specialist services.
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.
Outcome of referral to social services departments for people with cognitive impairment
- Authors:
- ANDREW Toby, MORIARTY Jo, LEVIN Enid, WEBB Sarah
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 15(5), May 2000, pp.406-414.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
The objective of this study was to determine how the entry into long term care of people assessed by their local social services department (SSD) under the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 is predicted by the severity of their cognitive impairment, care provided by family members, and the receipt of community care services. The main outcome measure was survival analysis of time taken from referral to entering long term care at follow-up. Analysis of the interaction between three main effects predicting entry to long term care (severity of cognitive impairment, access to a carer, and the receipt of home care or day care) suggests that while carers are central in determining whether older people with cognitive impairment are able to remain living in the community, there are limits to the care they can provide.