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Assessment in continuing care homes: towards a national standard instrument
- Authors:
- CHALLIS David, CARPENTER Iain, TRASKE Karen
- Publisher:
- University of Kent. Personal Social Services Research Unit
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 94p.,tables,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Canterbury
Report from a study examining the role of assessment in continuing care homes for older people, including a review of relevant care systems, procedures and documents in the UK and elsewhere. Assessment of quality in residential settings currently focuses on standards measuring regime, staff quality and casemix using aggregated home level information, but there is very little individual care plan or resident focus to quality assurance. Concludes that what is needed is a single instrument, the Minimum Data Set/Resident Assessment Instrument developed in the United States, to measure all the aspects of care home life.
The development of a national standard assessment instrument for use in continuing care homes
- Authors:
- CHALLIS David, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Care Plan, 5(3), March 1999, pp.19-21.
- Publisher:
- Positive Publications/ Anglia Polytechnic University, Faculty of Health and Social Work
This study examines the possibility of developing a standard assessment instrument for residents in care homes, which could assess individual care needs, assist in constructing care plans and help to cost the level of care provided. Staff used a modified American Minimum Data Set/Resident Assessment Instrument in the pilot study. This showed that the MDS/RAI has the potential to be used in continuing care homes in the UK.
The development of a national standard assessment instrument for use in continuing care homes
- Authors:
- CHALLIS David, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Working with Older People, 3(2), April 1999, pp.24-26.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Following a focused training programme in eight homes, staff using a modified American Minimum Data Set/Resident Assessment Instrument carried out 125 assessments. The pilot study found that the MDS/RAI has potential to be used in continuing care homes in the UK. Reports on a study to examine the possibility of developing a standard assessment instrument for residents in care homes, which could assess individual care needs, assist in constructing care plans and provide appropriate information to permit costing the level of care provided.
Public funding for residential and nursing home care: projection of the potential impact of proposals to change the residential allowance in services for older people
- Authors:
- CLARKSON Paul, HUGHES Jane, CHALLIS David
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 18(3), March 2003, pp.211-216.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This article investigates the potential effects of a policy change in the funding of UK residential care. The White Paper "Modernising Social Services " outlined plans to change the distribution of the Residential Allowance (RA), payable in support of residents in independent residential or nursing home care, from a component of income support paid direct to establishments to a grant to local authorities. This change was intended to remove the incentive in accessing independent residential care more favourably than local authority care. A further objective was to encourage local authorities to use the grant to support home-based alternatives to residential care. The policy rests on a model in which price signals dictate the choice of care for an older person. By, in effect, raising the price of independent residential and nursing home care, the policy provides an incentive for authorities to seek alternatives to institutional care. The study indicated that wider organisational factors other than price are likely to play a greater role in deciding whether an older person is admitted to care. Changes in public funding alone do not reflect the complexities involved in decision-making concerning the residential placement of older people.