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Working together: multidisciplinary approaches to working with elderly people in the community: the final report of an Age Concern England working party
- Author:
- AGE CONCERN ENGLAND
- Publisher:
- Age Concern
- Publication year:
- 1989
- Pagination:
- 40p., bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- Mitcham
Discusses the theory behind multidisciplinary care in the community, and reports on schemes in Dinnington and Bridport.
No place like home
- Authors:
- SMITH J., WALKER-COLLINS D.
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 27.10.88, 1988, p.30.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Describes the use of multi-disciplinary forums to support older people living in their own homes in Liverpool.
Elderly people's integrated care system (EPICS): general description
- Author:
- HELEN HAMLYN FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Helen Hamlyn Foundation
- Publication year:
- 1991
- Pagination:
- 46p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
EPICS aims to provide comprehensive, locally based, integrated health, social and personal care for older people living at home. The framework of the scheme is outlined, together with practical issues.
Dementia and guardianship
- Author:
- BURTON A.
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work Today, 22.9.88, 1988, pp.14-15.
- Publisher:
- British Association of Social Workers
Guardianship can prove effective in sustaining a dementia sufferer in the community. Describes a successful case history and the multidisciplinary approach vital to its operation.
Marsh Lane project: a review of the first six months of becoming operable
- Author:
- BAGLEY Gill
- Publisher:
- North Birmingham Health Authority
- Publication year:
- 1988
- Pagination:
- 36p., table.
- Place of publication:
- Birmingham
Review of the implementation of a project to develop inter-agency community care for E.M.I. people and their carers on a local basis. Described the formation of a multidisciplinary team.
Caring for older people in the community
- Editors:
- HUDSON Angela, MOORE Lesley, (eds.)
- Publisher:
- Wiley-Blackwell
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 245p.
- Place of publication:
- Chichester
This book is a compilation from 9 academics and practitioners, including the two editors. The first section (Chapters 1-3) discusses the past and current influences on physical, psychological and social ‘nursing’ practices and ethical tensions, when working with older people. Topics covered in the second section (chapters 4-6) with regard to contemporary challenges with older people who may have learning disabilities and dementia as well as experiencing ageing are, health education, sexual health, substance misuse, and the role of assistive technology. Examples of lived scenarios from service users and reflections from professionals are included. Current issues of kinship care for older people, ethics, palliative care and end of life decision making, complementary therapies, vulnerability, citizenship, informed consent, advocacy, empowerment, personalisation and a person centre approach are also mentioned. The third section from the joint editors, is on future challenges and covers: community hospitals, bringing diagnostic technology and chemotherapy interventions closer to cancer patients, the national panel for information and communications technology, ‘whole system demonstrators’, moving towards seamless care, and partnership with older people projects.
Frail safe
- Author:
- HARDING Mary-Louise
- Journal article citation:
- Health Service Journal, 6.5.04, 2004, pp.24-25.
- Publisher:
- Emap Healthcare
Report how hospitals are working to reduce emergency admissions among frail older people. Highlights the importance of community-based care and home treatment, and the need for better coordinated to reduce the burden on hospitals.
The secret of our success
- Author:
- WATERS Jo
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 8.1.98, 1998, p.17.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Talks to members of a multidisciplinary health and social services team in Worcestershire who are helping frail older people to stay in their homes.
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.
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.