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Outcomes in social care practice: outcomes in community care practice; number seven
- Editors:
- QURESHI Hazel, (ed.)
- Publisher:
- University of York. Social Policy Research Unit
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 213p.,tables,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- York
The final report of a research project investigating practical ways in which a focus on the results of services could be used to improve social care for older people and disabled people. It describes five practical projects, each investigating a different approach to improving services through a focus on outcomes. Each project was undertaken by a social services department working jointly with SPRU.
Living in a nursing home: outcome standards for Australian nursing homes
- Author:
- AUSTRALIA. Department of Community Services and Health. Commonwealth/State Working Party on Nursing Home Standards
- Publisher:
- Australian Government Publishing Service
- Publication year:
- 1987
- Pagination:
- 69p.
- Place of publication:
- Canberra, ACT
Maximising the potential of reablement
- Author:
- SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE
- Publisher:
- Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2013
- Pagination:
- 46
- Place of publication:
- London
This guide is based on research and practice evidence about the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of reablement. Reablement is meant to help people accommodate illness or disability by learning or re-learning the skills necessary for daily living. The guide looks at: physical, psychological and social needs; commissioning and joint working; staff development; outcomes; support services; people with dementia and reablement; and support for people once their programme of reablement is over in order to maintain progress. (Edited publisher abstract)
Focusing on personal outcomes in care homes
- Authors:
- BARRY K., et al
- Publisher:
- My Home Life
- Publication year:
- 2016
- Pagination:
- 2
- Place of publication:
- Hamilton
This briefing describes steps taken by the My Home Life project to explore the opportunities and challenges of implementing a focus on personal outcomes in care homes. It summarises key elements of a personal outcomes approach, highlights some unique features of outcomes focused practice in the care home sector, and considers the ways in which My Home Life principles might support this. (Edited publisher abstract)
Improving outcomes for residents in care homes: evidence briefing
- Author:
- IMPROVEMENT ACADEMY
- Publisher:
- Improvement Academy
- Publication year:
- 2016
- Pagination:
- 4
- Place of publication:
- Bradford
An overview of the evidence around optimising care to care home residents - to improve their health and well-being and to reduce the need for unscheduled care. Key messages for providers of care in care home are: offer staff training regarding recognition of cognitive states including delirium, supporting meaningful activity, end of life care; have clear processes in place for access to healthcare; provide information regarding dementia diagnosis and prognosis; ensure advance care planning takes place; offer opportunities to take part in meaningful activity. In addition, the briefing suggests that commissioners of old peoples’ services should: support the delivery of Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA); ensure broad involvement of stakeholders including care home providers and patients or representatives to ensure services are tailored; ensure service specifications include interventions such as cognitive reframing; ensure services are available and coordinated in relation to end of life care; ensure stable leadership and clear strategy of overall system; use of specific models of care can have benefit; do not neglect long term population strategies to support healthy ageing and prevent increasing disease burden; support the development of relationships between care homes and service providers, and ensure clear lines of responsibility; commission targeted training for staff; ensure evaluation and monitoring is fed back for continuous improvement. (Edited publisher abstract)
Extra care housing in Wales: a state of the nation report
- Author:
- OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY. Institute of Public Care
- Publisher:
- Housing Learning and Improvement Network
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Pagination:
- 17
- Place of publication:
- London
This report, prepared by the Institute for Public Care, provides an up-to-date picture of the current supply of extra care housing in Wales, the challenges facing the market and issues which will need to be considered for future provision. It also sets out some of the outcomes that extra care housing can offer, such as improving the health and wellbeing of residents and the benefits it can provide to the local community. The report offers support for encouraging and facilitating new extra care housing developments in Wales and draws attention to accommodation, care and services already offered in the country. The report makes four key recommendations to expand the provision of extra care housing for older people in Wales: developing a strategic vision on housing for older people; developing a better understand of the outcomes extra care housing can provide; raising awareness of extra care housing as a housing option for those seeking advice and information; and a greater degree of diversity and innovation to deliver services that meet the needs of local communities. (Edited publisher abstract)
Quality of life: measures and meanings in social care research
- Author:
- BOWLING Ann
- Publisher:
- NIHR School for Social Care Research
- Publication year:
- 2014
- Pagination:
- 27
- Place of publication:
- London
This review provides an overview of the measurement of quality of life (QoL) in social care, or social care-related QoL. Because the field is wide, this overview focuses on older people. Outcome can be complex to measure in social care, because several types of outcomes of both the user and any family carers may be relevant; these may also be affected by multiple factors. Measuring quality of life is one of several components for assessing the effectiveness of interventions. Maintaining people’s broader quality of life is also a potentially important outcome to consider ensuring that the person can ‘live well’ and that their care and support up until their death meets their needs. In reflection of the wider goals and provision of social care, compared to health care, client-based outcome measures need to be more multidimensional than narrower health-related or disease- related QoL measures reflecting the impact of circumstances and interventions on users’ wider lives. However, given overall lack of agreement on concepts or measures of social care and QoL outcomes, investigators have tended to use separate measures of social involvement and/or life satisfaction as indicators of QoL as well as measures of morale, health status, anxiety/depression, physical functioning, and needs. There has been a heavy emphasis on health status, physical and mental functioning. There are also several technical issues to consider when choosing and administering a measure of QoL. These are described but are not intended to be daunting to the researcher. Few measures satisfy all psychometric criteria perfectly. This overview is intended to be an informative summary of the main steps involved in selecting and testing a measurement scale. (Edited publisher abstract)
Co-production involving and led by older people: an evidence and practice review
- Authors:
- BROWN Helen, RAINES Tom
- Publisher:
- National Development Team for Inclusion
- Publication year:
- 2014
- Pagination:
- 34
- Place of publication:
- Bath
This report pulls together the evidence, outcomes and key characteristics of effective co-production involving older people. It explores: the current contexts and drivers for co-production across the UK; examines the concepts and definitions associated with co-production; offers some guiding principles and practice; summarises the evidence for co-production involving older people and what can be achieved as a result; and provides practical examples that people can use in their own work and in their local areas. It draws on work from the Wisdom in Practice initiative in Scotland which reviewed evidence and examples of co-production involving and led by older people. (Edited publisher abstract)
Making the case for retirement villages
- Editor:
- CROUCHER Karen
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 24p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- York
There has been a growing policy emphasis on promoting independence for older people, offering them choices, and improving their quality of life. Retirement villages are a relatively new type of provision in the UK, and data measuring their impact on residents’ health status and quality of life, or on the demand for other health and social care services, is limited. This report reviews the evidence to date on the impact of retirement villages. The report explores five key themes: the potential of retirement villages to enhancing older people’s choices for independent living; the particular benefits of larger developments and the potential for economies of scale; how retirement villages can be made accessible and affordable for a range of older people; the potential impact of retirement villages on local health and social services; and the impact of retirement villages on local communities. The evidence indicates that that retirement villages, although relatively new to the UK, have great potential to address main policy objectives around promoting independence, choice and quality of life for older people. This report is intended for all those engaged with commissioning and developing services for older people.
Social inclusion, social circumstances and the quality of life of visually impaired older people
- Authors:
- NAZROO James, ZIMDARS Anna
- Publisher:
- Thomas Pocklington Trust
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 7p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This paper summarises findings from research which used data from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (covering people aged 50 and older living in private households) to examine the drivers of well-being for older people with visual impairment. The summary covers prevalence of visual impairment, health and economic circumstances of those with visual impairments, social networks and social participation, housing and neighbourhoods, and well-being. Key findings included that older people with a visual impairment are more likely to have additional other physical health problems than sighted people, are more likely to be in poor socio-economic circumstances, participate less in social, civic and cultural activities than sighted people, have similar levels of contact with people in their social network as sighted people but the quality of the relationships tends to be poorer, and are more likely to score negatively on measures of well-being than sighted people (but that this is explained by their greater likelihood of being in poor circumstances). The researchers conclude that having fair or poor vision is associated with a more frequent experience of negative outcomes than those experienced by people with good or better vision.