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Dementia care mapping to support staff in the care of people with intellectual disability and dementia: a feasibility study
- Authors:
- SCHAAP Feija D., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 31(6), 2018, pp.1071-1082.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Background: The number of people with intellectual disability and dementia increases; this combination causes behavioural changes. Dementia Care Mapping (DCM) supports staff in dementia care in nursing homes and may be useful in intellectual disability‐care. This qualitative study examines the feasibility of DCM for older people with intellectual disability and dementia. Methods: The present authors obtained data in focus groups and interviews with professional users and analysed using a framework for feasibility studies. With experts in dementia and intellectual disability researches, the present authors determined the overall feasibility. Results: DCM was found to be feasible in intellectual disability‐care, regarding five domains of feasibility. Staff reported DCM to be useful and valuable and addresses to their demand for skills and knowledge. All professional users found DCM feasible in intellectual disability‐care, which was confirmed by experts. Conclusions: DCM is feasible in intellectual disability‐care. When fully tailored to intellectual disability‐care, DCM is useful and provides opportunities to assess its effectiveness. (Publisher abstract)
Misplaced and forgotten: people with learning disabilities in residential homes for older people
- Author:
- THOMPSON David
- Journal article citation:
- Housing Care and Support, 5(1), February 2002, pp.19-22.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
A significant number of people with learning disabilities live in nursing and residential homes for older people. Based on research undertaken by the Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities, this article describes why they entered these services and their lives once there. It raises serious concerns about their quality of life and challenges learning disability services to meet better the needs of people with learning disabilities as they age.
Statistics on community care for adults in Northern Ireland 2017/18
- Author:
- NORTHERN IRELAND. Department of Health. Community Information Branch
- Publisher:
- Northern Ireland. Department of Health. Community Information Branch
- Publication year:
- 2018
- Pagination:
- 93
- Place of publication:
- Belfast
Statistical information on community care services gathered from health and social care (HSC) trusts. It includes details of contacts with HSC trusts, the number of care packages in effect, number of people in receipt of meals on wheels services, residential and nursing accommodation and day care registrations. It reports that between 1 April 2017 and 31 March 2018, 29,228 people in the Elderly Care, Learning Disability and Physical & Sensory Disability were in contact with HSC Trusts in Northern Ireland. (Edited publisher abstract)
Statistics on Community Care for Adults in Northern Ireland 2016 - 2017
- Author:
- NORTHERN IRELAND. Department of Health. Community Information Branch
- Publisher:
- Northern Ireland. Department of Health. Community Information Branch
- Publication year:
- 2017
- Pagination:
- 92
- Place of publication:
- Belfast
Statistical information on community care services gathered from health and social care (HSC) trusts. It includes details of contacts with HSC trusts, care packages in effect, meals on wheels services, residential and nursing accommodation and day care registrations. It reports that between 1 April 2016 and 31 March 2017, 28,653 people in the Elderly Care, Learning Disability and Physical and Sensory Disability POC’s were in contact with HSC Trusts. As at 30 June 2017, there were 5,238 residential places available, a 1 per cent increase from the previous year. Of these 59 per cent were in independent residential homes, while 21 per cent were in statutory residential homes and 20 per cent in dual registered nursing homes. (Edited publisher abstract)
Statistics on community care for adults in Northern Ireland 2014 - 2015
- Authors:
- O'HAGAN Joanne, et al
- Publisher:
- Northern Ireland. Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety. Community Information Branch
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Pagination:
- 92
- Place of publication:
- Belfast
Summarises information on a range of community care services collected from Health and Social Care Trusts in Northern Ireland. Data includes: contacts with Trusts (including care for older people, people with learning disabilities, people with physical and sensory disabilities); care packages in effect (residential and nursing home care); meals on wheels services; residential and nursing accommodation; and day care registrations. The report includes trend analysis over the past five years. (Edited publisher abstract)
Statistics on community care for adults in Northern Ireland 2013-2014
- Authors:
- O'HAGAN Joanne, CARSON Philip, MOORE Karen
- Publisher:
- Northern Ireland. Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety
- Publication year:
- 2014
- Pagination:
- 92
- Place of publication:
- Belfast
Details analyses on a range of community activity gathered from health and social care trusts including: contacts with trusts (by persons in the Elderly Care, Learning Disability and Physical and Sensory Disability Programmes of Care); care packages in effect (residential and nursing); meals on wheels services; residential and nursing accommodation; and day care registrations. The report includes trend analysis over the past five years. (Edited publisher abstract)
Identifying and applying early indicators of concern in care services for people with learning disabilities and older people: the abuse in care project
- Author:
- UNIVERSITY OF HULL. Centre for Applied Research and Evaluation
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Government
- Publication year:
- 2013
- Pagination:
- 21
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
This small scale research initiative aimed develop an information-led process that might help health and social care practitioners to examine their early concerns about care services for people with learning disabilities and older people with significant care needs who lived in staffed settings such as care homes and group homes. Focus groups with staff in Dundee identified six main areas of concern: concerns about management and leadership; staff skills, knowledge and practice; residents behaviours and wellbeing; the service resisting the involvement of external people and isolating individuals; the way in which services are planned and delivered; and the quality of basic care and the environment. Barriers were also identified relating to practitioners sharing their concerns about services, including ICT compatibility problems, and the need for procedures, tools and processes. (Original abstract)
Care and corporate neglect: the case for action
- Author:
- BURSTOW Paul
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Adult Protection, 15(4), 2013, pp.203-214.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
This paper explores how corporate bodies could be held criminally responsible for abuse and neglect that takes place in hospitals and care homes if by their actions they facilitate this abuse or neglect to take place. It provides a review of existing legislation and regulation on corporate neglect in hospitals and care homes and seeks to find precedents and guidance that would allow the Government to create a new criminal sanction for “corporate neglect”. The paper proposes that the Health and Social Care Act 2008 be amended to include a new section which would make corporate neglect a criminal offence. Furthermore, to ensure that the punishments for these offences act both as appropriate sanction and a suitable deterrent for corporations, the author proposes that new offences should be implemented to include unlimited fines, remedial orders and publicity orders. It has been written following the recent scandals in care homes and hospitals, including Winterbourne View and Mid Staffordshire. (Edited publisher abstract)
Placement, relocation and end of life issues in aging adults with and without Down's syndrome: a retrospective study
- Authors:
- PATTI P., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 54(6), June 2010, pp.538-546.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
It is suggested that aging adults with Down's syndrome (DS) experience more relocations and other life events than adults with intellectual disabilities aged 50 and older without DS. Age-related functional decline and the higher incidence of dementia have been implicated as factors leading to relocation and nursing home placement. This retrospective study of adults with intellectual disabilities born prior to 1946 living in New York State was conducted to estimate the number of relocations experienced over a 5- and 10-year period. The cohort consisted of 140 individuals (61 with DS between ages 50–71 years, and 79 without DS between ages 57–89 years) who had been referred to a diagnostic and research clinic. The number of relocations over the period was significantly greater in the DS group. Placement in a nursing home for end of life care was also significantly higher in the DS group whereas the 90% of the non-DS group remained in a group home setting. Death came significantly earlier in the DS group; mean age at death 61.4 years compared with 73.2 years in the non-DS group. The authors conclude that aging adults with DS encounter more relocations, and are more likely to spend their final placement for end of life care in a nursing home.
Caregiving and institutionalisation of cognitively impaired older people: utilising dynamic predictors of change
- Authors:
- GAUGLER Joseph E., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Gerontologist, 43(2), April 2003, pp.219-229.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
The purpose of this study was to identify reliable predictors of nursing home entry over a 3-year period in a sample of 3,944 persons with dementia who resided in a home setting at baseline. Strengths of the analysis include a multiregional recruitment strategy, incorporation of salient caregiver characteristics, and a 3-year prospective design that allows for the modeling of change in important variables (e.g., care recipient functional status or caregiving indicators) when time to institutionalization is predicted. Data were derived from the control sample of the Medicare Alzheimer's Disease Demonstration Evaluation (MADDE). A Cox proportional hazards model was used to predict time to institutionalization among individuals with dementia (baseline was enrollment into MADDE). Predictors included care recipient demographics, caregiver demographics, and time-varying measurements of care recipient functional status, caregiving indicators, and service utilization. Indicators of change were also incorporated to capitalize on the prospective data available. Although several results were consistent with prior findings, caregiving indicators (i.e., burden and self-rated health) and community-based service use were significant predictors of earlier placement. Change in caregiver instrumental activities of daily living and care recipient activities of daily living were also related to expedited institutionalization. The findings emphasize the importance of incorporating both care recipient and caregiver function and service use patterns when targeting programs designed to prevent or delay institutionalization for people with dementia.