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The S.A.V.E. project: one year on
- Author:
- LEWISHAM. Social Services Department
- Publisher:
- Lewisham. Social Services Department
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 8p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Report from a multidisciplinary project which aims to discover more about abuse of elderly people in Lewisham and to devise methods of supporting older people and their carers.
Abuse of older people in domestic settings: a report on two SSI seminars
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health. Social Services Inspectorate
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health. Social Services Inspectorate
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 30p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Report from 2 seminars organised to disseminate the DoH guidelines on elder abuse 'No longer afraid', and to share experiences of work in this field. Includes chapters on: empowering older people; recognising abuse; responding to abuse; and working across agencies.
Valley of care
- Author:
- DOBSON Roger
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 25.8.94, 1994, p.10.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Reports on the work of the Llynfi Valley social care worker scheme, established by Mid Glamorgan SSD and the Bridgend NHS Trust, which employs a team of unqualified social workers as key workers to individual clients, based on a multidisciplinary approach to dementia in the community.
Users' views of the Oxford city night care service
- Author:
- LLOYD Nicola
- Journal article citation:
- Social Services Research, 1 1994, 1994, pp.63-64.
- Publisher:
- Social Services Research Group
Oxfordshire SSD is working in partnership with Oxford City Housing Department to provide a Night Care service to people over 65 living at home in Oxford City. Describes the method used in evaluating the service.
Assessment and community care: are the reforms working?
- Authors:
- CALDOCK Kerry, NOLAN Mike
- Journal article citation:
- Generations Review, 4(4), December 1994, pp.2-4,7.
- Publisher:
- British Society of Gerontology
Assessment has a pivotal role in the community care reforms, with an emphasise on more 'holistic' assessment practices. This article considers some of the lessons that can be learned from the early evaluation of assessment practice undertaken since the planning and implementation of the reforms. Draws from three local studies to highlight common problems in assessment practice.
MERIT still in the pioneering role
- Authors:
- DAY Tony, LOMAS Dr Graham
- Journal article citation:
- Care Plan, 1(2), December 1994, pp.29-30.
- Publisher:
- Positive Publications/ Anglia Polytechnic University, Faculty of Health and Social Work
A pioneering multi-disciplinary team formed to help elderly people with mental health problems and their carers is now facing the challenge of fitting into a authority-wide commissioning and care management. The successes and failures of the Middleton Elderly Resource and Intervention Team (MERIT) are described.
Draft dodging?
- Authors:
- ROWDEN Ray, KUBISA Tad
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 15.9.94, 1994, pp.14-15.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Government draft guidance on continuing care highlighted differences between social services and the NHS. The authors put their points of view.
Implementing caring for people: community care packages for older people
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 67p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Report presenting the findings of a study on community care packages for older people, forming part of a series monitoring the implementation of community care arrangements.