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Planning for dementia care in Ireland: conference proceedings
- Editors:
- MURPHY Edel, O'SHEA Eamon, (eds.)
- Publisher:
- National Council on Ageing and Older People
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 76p.
- Place of publication:
- Dublin
With the numbers of dementia suffers projected to increase by over 25 per cent in the coming decade, a range of issues are critical to the successful implementation of the Action Plan for Dementia, These issues were discussed at a Council conference on planning for dementia care in Ireland. The proceedings are an important record of the conference participants concern to identify the issues, which must be addressed if significant improvements in the quality of life of people with dementia in Ireland are to be achieved in the years ahead. A strong feeling among conference participants was that care management could be an effective integrating mechanism in the care of people with dementia, because of its potential to bring together the various elements of primary and secondary care services.
Observation: using more than your eyes
- Authors:
- LE RICHE Pat, TANNER Karen
- Journal article citation:
- Working with Older People, 3(1), January 1999, pp.19-22.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
The meaning and usefulness of observation is now playing a central role in social work training. Describes what observation should mean in professional practice, its particular usefulness to care management, and its wider application to organisational issues.
Who cares plans: a guide to care planning in homes for older people
- Authors:
- COLEMAN Valerie, REGAN Dominic, SMITH Jef
- Publisher:
- Counsel and Care
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 84p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Practical text on care planning for older people in residential care. The focus is on how an individual resident's life can be a positive and enriching experience.
In and out of hospital: a practical guide to discharge and care of older persons
- Author:
- Positive Publications
- Publisher:
- Positive Publications
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 26p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Guidance on avoiding unnecessary re-admission to hospital of older people. Contains sections on: past problems; developing teamwork; preparing discharge from hospital; preparing the care plan; and returning home from hospital.
Creating a new, individualised service
- Authors:
- OYEBODE Jan, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Dementia Care, 4(5), September 1996, pp.18-19.
- Publisher:
- Hawker
Many changes have taken place in mental health services for older adults in South Birmingham which has provided the opportunity for service providers to rethink and revitalise their approach to continuing care. This paper describes Personal Care Planning, a care approach for those with dementia which draws together past and present information about each person, enabling staff with family carers to devise appropriate and highly individualised care.
Care planning in residential care for older people in Scotland: a research study
- Author:
- MALLINSON Ian
- Publisher:
- Avebury
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 175p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Aldershot
Study examining individual care planning in long term residential care for older people in Scotland. Explores issues arising out of an initial survey of the literature. Goes on to look at the topic in 2 stages. Stage 1 consists of an audit of residential care establishments throughout Scotland, exploring the context of care planning and structures for care planning. Stage 2 considers the actions within these structures and focuses on practices carried out within 3 individual case study establishments. Examines problems inherent in these structures and makes recommendations.
North Kensington elderly people's integrated care system (NK EPICS): project brief
- Author:
- KENSINGTON AND CHELSEA. Social Services Department
- Publisher:
- Kensington and Chelsea. Social Services Department
- Publication year:
- 1991
- Pagination:
- 6p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Describes the background, philosophy, aims, shape of the planned service, planning process, user involvement, interim service, resources and timetable for a project which involves users and potential users in planning a range of services for elders.
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.
Two models of managed long-term care: comparing PACE with a Medicaid-only plan
- Author:
- NADASH Pamela
- Journal article citation:
- Gerontologist, 44(5), October 2004, pp.644-654.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
In this study an attempt is made to understand how a Medicaid-only managed long-term-care (MMLTC) plan for elders differs from the Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE), a fully integrated model, in terms of structure, operations, patient population, and service utilization. With the use of information from the Outcome and Assessment Information Set and administrative data from a MMLTC plan in New York City, enrollees were compared at the start of care and their first-year service utilization with PACE, using the PACE national data set. The plans differ in the range of services covered and in the larger number of members served by the MMLTC plan. The served populations differ in their sociodemographic profiles and have levels of functional need that are high, but they also differ in their relative severity of dependency in activities of daily living and instrumental activities of daily living. During the first year of enrollment, the utilization of traditional home- and community-based services was higher in PACE than in the MMLTC plan, although MMLTC plan members received much more care in the home. Total hospital utilization was lower in PACE, but nursing home utilization was higher. MMLTC is a feasible option for serving a population whose level of impairment is similar to that of PACE. Whereas PACE's reliance on adult day centers is seemingly associated with a stronger medical focus and lower hospital use, the MMLTC plan's emphasis on home-based personal care seems to be linked with lower nursing home use.
Improving older people's services: policy into practice; key messages for service managers and practitioners
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health. Social Services Inspectorate
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health. Social Services Inspectorate
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 7p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This leaflet highlights the good work being undertaken in many councils. It gives the key messages for managers about good practice and areas where further development is still needed. It is intended to stimulate new initiatives both in planning and operational delivery of services.