Search results for ‘Subject term:"older people"’ Sort:
Results 1 - 3 of 3
Workplace health promotion in domiciliary care: an Austrian project
- Authors:
- HICKEL Susanne, PALKOVICH Tamara
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Integrated Care, 13(4), August 2005, pp.26-33.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
This article reports practical experiences with workforce health promotion in domiciliary care arising from an ongoing EU-funded Austrian project. The auuthors review research-based findings on working conditions and indicate starting points for health-promoting measures. We describe the approach, and give insight into challenges and obstacles to workplace health promotion in this field of work. The issues may have strong relevance for the UK.
The view from within: "good" care from the perspective of care professionals: lessons from an explorative study
- Authors:
- SHULMANN Katharine, et al
- Publisher:
- European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research
- Publication year:
- 2016
- Pagination:
- 16
- Place of publication:
- Vienna
Policy briefing which focuses on care quality from the perspective of professionals working in the field of long term care in Austria. Specifically the briefing looks at what care professionals consider to be high quality care and how it should be defined; and what structural-, process- and outcome-related factors they believe affect outcomes. The study draws on interviews and workshops with representatives from various professional groups, as well as 24-hour carers and family carers, to identify themes and issues central to discussions of "good" care. The interviews and workshops identified a number of factors for the provision of high quality care: the continued development of a distinct long term care identity, rather than a separate identity of health/social care; working conditions; relationships, including between care professionals and users, and between professionals and informal carers; the way that care services are financed and structured, which has a strong influence on the delivery of care, interaction and cooperation; and the importance of multidisciplinary care teams. The authors propose recommendations to directly and indirectly improve quality of care through action at the macro, organisational, and individual levels. (Edited publisher abstract)
Effectiveness of home treatment for elderly people with depression: randomised controlled trial
- Authors:
- KLUG Gunter, et al
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 197(6), December 2010, pp.463-467.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
This study tested the effectiveness of home treatment for elderly people with depression living independently in Austria. Sixty out-patients aged 65 and over with major depression were either allocated to a home treatment model over a 1-year period or to conventional psychiatric out-patient care. Home treatment was delivered by a multidisciplinary team consisting of one psychiatrist, two psychologists and one social worker who was also qualified as a psychiatric nurse. Treatment included talks about self-esteem, coping resources and medication adherence; encouragement to establish and maintain social networks, increase social and leisure activities and cope with tasks of daily living; support of carers; and crisis interventions when required. The primary outcome was the level of depressive symptoms after 3 and 12 months. The secondary outcomes were global functioning, subjective quality of life, admissions to nursing homes, duration of psychiatric hospital treatments and the cost of care. Findings revealed that the individuals receiving home treatment had significantly fewer symptoms of depression, better global functioning and a higher quality of life at 3 months and at 12 months. In the 1 year period there were fewer admissions to nursing homes, they spent less time in psychiatric in-patient care and the overall cost of care was lower. The study concluded that home treatment appeared to be an effective and cost-effective service model for elderly people with depression.