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Outcomes and assessment with older people
- Author:
- SOCIAL POLICY RESEARCH UNIT
- Publisher:
- University of York. Social Policy Research Unit
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- York
Briefly reports on a project designed to develop ways to support care managers in identifying intended outcomes for older people at assessment. The first stage of the project involved consultations about outcomes with older people, carers, frontline staff, and managers in social care. The second stage built on the findings of the first, and attempted to find a locally suitable way of adapting the outcome ideas for assessment.
Older people speaking out: developing opportunities for influence
- Author:
- THORNTON Patricia
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation/York Publishing Services
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 25p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- York
Looks at organised opportunities for older people to have a say in influencing the services they use and the society they live in. Discusses the development of the concept of involvement, methods of involvement, issues where older people may miss out, and effects and evaluation of involvement.
Are memory complaints predictive for dementia: a review of clinical and population-based studies
- Authors:
- JONKER Cees, et al
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 15(11), November 2000, pp.983-991.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This article reviews studies that have reported on the prevalence of memory complaints and the relationship between memory complaints and impairment or decline (dementia) in elderly individuals. The prevalence of memory complaints, defined as everyday memory problems, shows a large variation of approximately 25 - 50%. A high age, female gender and a low level of education are generally associated with a high prevalence of memory complaints. Memory complaints in elderly people should no longer be considered merely as an innocent age-related phenomenon or a symptom of depression. Instead, these complaints deserve to be taken seriously, at least as a possible early sign of dementia.
Service needs of depressed older adults following acute psychiatric care
- Authors:
- MORROW-HOWELL N.L., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Aging and Mental Health, 4(4), November 2000, pp.330-338.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Older persons with mental disorder need mental health services, but the extent to which they have service needs in other domains (medical, functional and psychosocial) is not established, although these needs may compromise the attainment of psychiatric outcomes. This study focuses on 169 older adults hospitalised for depression and documents their post-acute service needs in four domains: psychiatric, medical, functional and psychosocial. Eighty-four per cent needed assistance with routine activities. Nearly two-thirds were experiencing one or more psychosocial or environmental problems that warranted intervention. Older adults admitted to acute care for depression have high levels of service needs stemming from multiple domains: psychiatric, medical, functional and psychosocial. This biopsychosocial model suggests that needs in each domain should be identified and addressed if desired psychiatric outcomes are to be attained.
In partnership with carers
- Authors:
- MELLOR Christine, GLOVER Sally
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Dementia Care, 8(6), November 2000, p.14.
- Publisher:
- Hawker
Describes the process and outcomes of developing a carers' training and education programme, for carers of people with dementia, using a partnership approach.
Therapy with aging families: rationale, opportunities and challenges
- Author:
- QUALLS S.H.
- Journal article citation:
- Aging and Mental Health, 4(3), August 2000, pp.191-199.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Whether independent or dependent, older adults experience families as integral to their daily life and well-being. The application of family therapy techniques and theories to aging families has been slow to emerge, however. This article aims to document the solid rationale for family therapy in later life, using one common later life process, cognitive deterioration, to illustrate the conditions under which family therapy would be the treatment of choice, and to suggest future directions and serious challenges to research on family therapy outcomes.
The effect of long-term care environments on health outcomes
- Author:
- PRUCHNO Rachel A.
- Journal article citation:
- Gerontologist, 40(4), August 2000, pp.422-428.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
This study contrasts rates of mortality and relocation to higher levels of care as well trajectories of cognitive status, functional ability, depression, and subjective health of residents of an assisted living facility with those of a nursing home. A repeated measures analysis of variance found that outcomes for people living in the two facilities did not change at different rates. These consistent findings suggest that although the assisted living and nursing home environments claim to have different philosophies of care, health outcome patterns for people living in the two environments were similar.
Negative consequences of hearing impairment in old age: longitudinal analysis
- Authors:
- STRAWBRIDGE William J., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Gerontologist, 40(3), June 2000, pp.320-326.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
To determine whether functional and psychosocial outcomes associated with hearing impairment are a direct result or stem from prevalent comorbidity, the authors analysed the impact of two levels of reported hearing impairment on health and psychosocial functioning one year later with adjustments for baseline chronic conditions, Physical functioning, mental health, and social functioning decreased in a dose-response pattern for those with progressive levels of hearing impairment compared with those reporting no impairment. The results demonstrate an independent impact of hearing impairment on functional outcomes, reveal increasing problems with higher levels of impairment, and support the importance of preventing and treating this highly prevalent condition.
Learning from older community care clients
- Author:
- SOCIAL POLICY RESEARCH UNIT
- Publisher:
- University of York. Social Policy Research Unit
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- York
Reports on a project conducted jointly by the Social Policy Research Unit (SPRU) and Bradford Social Services Elderly Division to obtain older people's views about outcomes. Home interviews with a small random cross-section of older community care clients were conducted by senior social services managers. The implementation of a programme of "customer visits" to enable senior managers to see first hand the outcomes of services and directly discuss them with service users.
Caring for older people: an assessment of community care in the 1990s
- Authors:
- BAULD Linda, et al
- Publisher:
- Ashgate
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 428p.,tables,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Aldershot
Aims to provide the detailed information necessary to understand and evaluate current practice in community care for older people, based on the PSSRU's Evaluating Care for the Elderly Project. Describes the development of community care from the post-war period to the present day. Describes the ECEP project and places its findings in a national context. Summarises the projects findings and reflects on their relevance to policy developments. Subsequent chapters describe the findings in detail with reference to the characteristics of the older people in the study, their carers, issues of care management, consistency in social care, and outcomes for users.