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Shared care recording in community care
- Author:
- WOLF Rogan
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 9.7.97, 1997, pp.52-53.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
Shared care records are catching on. This article details the results of a pilot study of shared care recording between elderly people with multiple needs who live at home and their care helpers and providers.
Sharing power: integrating user involvement and multi-agency working to improve housing for older people
- Authors:
- MIDGLEY Gerald, MUNLO Isaac, BROWN Mandy
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 88p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Bristol
Report exploring the problems that exist in the areas of assessment, information provision and planning in the housing system for older people and identifies ways to address them. Presents practical advice for all planners and managers who are concerned with multi-agency working and user involvement.
Patient satisfaction: the discharge of older people from hospital; a survey
- Authors:
- DALLEY Gillian, DENNISS Michael
- Publisher:
- Centre for Policy on Ageing
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 47p.,diags.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Survey of older patients' views of the hospital discharge process at four London hospitals. Looks at how far they felt the process was satisfactory in terms of information, coordination of services and sensitivity to needs.
Dementia, disability and contact with formal services: a comparison of dementia sufferers and non-sufferers in rural and urban settings
- Author:
- BURHOLT Vanessa
- Journal article citation:
- Health and Social Care in the Community, 5(6), November 1997, pp.384-397.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This article is based on data from studies relating to people aged 75 years and over living in the community. It compares those identified in these studies as suffering from cognitive brain disorders with other older people identified as being cognitively unimpaired and looks at levels of competence with activities of daily living and the subsequent levels of contact with a range of health and social services personnel and other community workers. Discusses the implications for community care and suggests that expansion of domiciliary care services for people with dementia and their carers would demand more resources than are currently being made available, but that it would be better value for money on a case by case basis.
Dissenting voices
- Author:
- NORTH Sarah Jane
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 1.5.97, 1997, p.22.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Reports on a new alliance of police, academics, health and social workers which plan to protect vulnerable adults.
Out of the institution
- Author:
- ALLEN Jackie
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Dementia Care, 5(1), January 1997, pp.18-20.
- Publisher:
- Hawker
In this second article the author traces the growth of a specialist service for people with dementia and the beginnings of community care, as care in the huge Victorian institution gradually improved and developed until the hospital finally closed.
The dimensions of elder abuse: perspectives for practitioners
- Authors:
- BENNETT Gerry, KINGSTON Paul, PENHALE Bridget
- Publisher:
- Macmillan
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 264p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Basingstoke
Discusses what is now known about the causes and prevalence of elder abuse. Addresses the question of how practitioners can best work towards the prevention of abuse among older people and the minimalisation of its risk. Uses a multidisciplinary approach, presenting aspects of the problem from medical, legal, health and social welfare perspectives.
Quality care for elderly people
- Editors:
- MAYER Peter P., DICKINSON Edward J., SANDLER Martin
- Publisher:
- Chapman and Hall
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 310p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Multidisciplinary text aimed at all those working in services for older people, including nurses, general practitioners, geriatricians, community health councils, social workers, quality managers, purchasers, and providers. Presents a practical, user centred approach to the provision of high quality care. In four parts: part one outlines the consumer approach to service provision; part two discusses the contribution of different sectors in the health service; part three concentrates on team building and training; and part four deals with managing change, evaluating quality, and future developments. The overall emphasis of the book is on the quality of health care, with consideration give to: clinical audit; other quality assurance initiatives; ethical matters; and the NHS and Community Care Act 1990.
Health and social services in primary care: an effective combination?
- Editor:
- MEADS Geoff
- Publisher:
- FT Healthcare
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 149p.
- Place of publication:
- London
With devolved budgets, individual needs assessments and care management principles being taken forward across the health and social care sectors, the preconditions for their convergence are now more favourable than ever. Looks at how this convergence could happen, and at what makes for effective combinations of health and social services. Includes case studies of integration in practice.
Older people with mental health problems living alone: anybody's priority?
- Author:
- BARNES Diana
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health. Social Services Inspectorate
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 61p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Research study designed to run concurrently with 2 other SSI projects: 'Assessing older people with dementia living in the community' and 'A National inspection of services for older people with dementia in the community'. Contains sections on: the nature of older people with mental health problems living alone in the community; joint work with health services; black and minority ethnic older people; the service response; families; risk; legal arrangements; abuse; housing; and training and supervision.