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Person-centred thinking with older people: 6 essential practices
- Authors:
- SANDERSON Helen, BOWN Helen, BAILEY Gill
- Publisher:
- Jessica Kingsley
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Pagination:
- 96
- Place of publication:
- London
Drawing on a wealth of experience of working with older people, this book presents six essential person-centred practices. Person-centred practices are a key way to provide the best possible care and support for older people and help them to be active and valued members of the community. Each of the practices is designed to support the individual and put what is important to and for the person at the forefront of their care. Each practice has been tailored so that older people can express more easily what does and does not work for them. By actively listening and making each person feel appreciated, the practices represent practical tools for frontline practitioners to form good relationships with people in their care. With supporting stories and full colour photographs to illustrate how person-centred thinking and practice is used in real-life settings, the book contains many examples to help practitioners to overcome challenges and to implement positive, effective changes to care. (Edited publisher abstract)
Go gentle into that good night: the past, present, and future of end-of-life care
- Author:
- SINGER Adam E.
- Publisher:
- Rand Corporation
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Pagination:
- 382
- Place of publication:
- Santa Monica, CA
This dissertation examines the past, present, and future of end-of-life care in order to shed light on the most effective ways to organise and deliver it. End-of-life care has received increasing attention in recent years as the baby boomers age and health care costs continue to rise. This attention has brought with it remarkable growth in the field and improvement in care, but there remains work to be done in order to more consistently deliver high quality, compassionate, and patient- and family-centred end-of-life care. The paper presents the results of a cohort study into the symptom trends in the last year of life, 1998‐2010. It then summarises the findings of a systematic review of populations and interventions for palliative and end‐of‐life care and looks at the evidence on estimating the value of palliative care for older adults. (Edited publisher abstract)
Counselling older people with alcohol problems
- Authors:
- FOX Mike, BLANCHARD Martin
- Publisher:
- Jessica Kingsley
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Pagination:
- 208p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Providing effective counselling services to the growing number of over-55s who misuse alcohol requires a specialised approach. They are often patronised, their ability to recover not acknowledged, and expected to fit into generic treatment systems. This practical guide explores the factors that differentiate older drinkers, and introduces a person-centred model designed to help counsellors and other healthcare professionals provide this group of clients with the help and support they need. Older people with alcohol problems often have complex personal histories, and are particularly vulnerable to long-term dependency, social isolation and self-medication. The authors explore the influences, patterns and triggers that affect the development and progression of alcohol dependency in this age group, and provide a detailed description of a theoretical model and therapeutic process that has proved successful in practice. Illustrative case studies are included and guidance is also given for working with clients with dementia or mental health problems. The book is aimed at counsellors and other healthcare professionals who encounter alcohol problems in their clinical practice, including clinical psychologists, social workers, occupational therapists and community psychiatric nurses.
Living well: thinking and planning for the end of your life
- Authors:
- HELEN SANDERSON ASSOCIATES, LANCASHIRE County Council
- Publisher:
- HSA Press
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 30p.
- Place of publication:
- Stockport
A guide to help older people think about and record what is important to them now, and what they want in the future – i.e. end of your life planning. The whole guide, or just the sections that are relevant to an individual, can be completed either individually or with family, friends or staff. It includes sections on: what is my history… my important memories?; thinking about relationships; what does a good day and a bad day look like for me?; what is important to me now, and how I want to be supported; what is working and not working in my life and what do I want to change?; if I could, I would…; what I want and do not want in the future - my hopes and fears; making changes to my life - my action plan. The guide has been based on the person centred thinking tools developed by The Learning Community for Person Centred Practices.
Confidence in caring: a framework for best practice
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 37p.
- Place of publication:
- London
In a rapidly changing world it is vital that nursing continues to command the confidence and trust of patients. For the growing numbers of older people admitted to our busy hospital wards this is determined by the whole care experience; yet we constantly hear of deficiencies in caring. Confidence in caring developed in response to this. It emerged from a national project with patients, relatives and staff in several hospitals across the country; it aimed to help nurses meet the many challenges of caring today and put the values and ideals on which nursing is founded, into practice. Confidence in caring offers a shared language and shared understanding of what caring means for older people and describes what caring looks like so that it can be observed, improved and rewarded.
Person centred thinking with older people: practicalities and possibilities
- Authors:
- BOWERS Helen, et al
- Publisher:
- HSA Press
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 95p.
- Place of publication:
- Stockport
This book is compiled specifically for people who work with older people. Older people want real choices and the responsibility to choose the best possible lifestyle for them with the support they need. This book of person centred thinking tools gives you an opportunity to start supporting older people to lead the lives they want by offering practical ways to gather information and to start to set actions that make a real difference. Sections covered include: Appreciations, Relationships, Sorting important to/for, Communication, Histories, Wishing, Good days and bad days and Working/not working.
Being old is different: person-centred care for old people
- Author:
- PORTNER Marlis
- Publisher:
- PCCS Books
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 96p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Ross-on-Wye
This publication is not about specific nursing or therapy methods but about fundamental principles, which are vital in many areas of care. The term ‘carer’, therefore, is used here for all those who, professionally or voluntarily, work with older people, and the term ‘care’ embraces nursing as well as family, therapeutic and supportive activities. Being Old is Different describes some basic person-centred principles and their implementation in everyday care for the elderly. Marlis Pörtner, who describes herself as an old person, aims to demonstrate why the person-centred approach is particularly useful in this field; how it can be transferred into practice; how it helps to improve the life quality of older people and, at the same time, make work more satisfying for carers.
Person centred thinking with older people
- Authors:
- SANDERSON Helen, et al, (comps.)
- Publisher:
- Helen Sanderson Associates
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 19p.
- Place of publication:
- Stockport
Older people want real choices and the responsibility to choose the best possible lifestyle for them with the support they need. This little book of person centred thinking tools gives you an opportunity to start supporting older people to lead the lives they want by offering practical ways to gather information and to start to set actions that make a real difference.
Person-centred approaches and older families
- Authors:
- MAGRILL Dalia, SANDERSON Helen, SHORT Alison
- Publisher:
- Mental Health Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 48p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This booklet highlights good practice in using person-centred approaches with older families. It is aimed at person-centred planning coordinators and facilitators, but is a useful resource for anyone working with older families. The booklet particularly helps to unpick some of the key issues that might impact on the way that person-centred planning approaches are used with older families.
Making home care for older people more flexible and person-centred: factors which promote this
- Authors:
- PATMORE Charles, McNULTY Alison
- Publisher:
- University of York. Social Policy Research Unit
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 37p.
- Place of publication:
- York
This report examines the factors which make possible a flexible, person-centred approach to providing home care for older people in light of the Department of Health's Green Paper on Adult Social Care.