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Assessing the service needs of seniors: Bermuda's service providers
- Authors:
- CHERNESKY Roslyn H., GUTHEIL Irene A.
- Journal article citation:
- International Social Work, 50(4), July 2007, pp.539-547.
- Publisher:
- Sage
With its rapidly growing older population, Bermuda faces a demographic challenge. Bermuda also faces declining fertility rates and full employment, with 80 percent of women in the labour force, which will significantly reduce the number, availability and capacity of family caregivers. This article looks at one component of a needs assessment which was a first step to guide future planning and resource allocation for an improved service system for the aging population of Bermuda.
Meeting the housing needs of an ageing population in Wales: report of recommendations
- Author:
- HILLCOAT-NALLETAMBY Sarah
- Publisher:
- Public Policy Institute for Wales
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Pagination:
- 44
- Place of publication:
- Cardiff
This report documents initial discussions and preliminary recommendations which emerged from an expert workshop held in June 2015 attended by experts from Wales, the rest of the UK and other European countries. The group was tasked with identifying the challenges that population ageing poses for housing needs in Wales, and to begin a scoping exercise to outline what the Welsh Government might do to meet them. Based on written feedback and evidence provided by experts prior to the workshop, plus subsequent workshop discussion, the main issues and challenges identified for each question are documented in Section 1 of this report. Section 2 draws initial conclusions and sets out preliminary recommendations. These include: develop a housing strategy addressing older people’s housing requirements; review planning policies and procedures to include older people’s accommodation, and require Local Authorities to develop population-based housing needs assessments; identify brown-field sites suitable for housing with care developments, including rural sites; promote integrated working and funding for housing with care and independent living across health, housing and social care sectors; increase public and service provider awareness about housing with care options. (Edited publisher abstract)
Anticipating future needs
- Author:
- OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY. Institute of Public Care
- Publisher:
- Care Services Improvement Partnership. Care Services Efficiency Delivery Programme
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 42p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Increasing the current service provision in line with the projected population growth is unaffordable and early evidence from the Anticipating Future Needs studies shows that it would not meet the changing expectations of older people. Configuring Future Services explores service configuration options to support people's preferred lifestyle, in their own homes, as long as possible. These exist at the health and social care interface and represent opportunities to build on Joint Strategic Needs Assessment with specific, practical joint projects. This paper provides the evidence for service reconfiguration for 7 conditions based on the current literature and an implementation planning approach. A second paper, in December 2007, will discuss lessons learnt from work with two pilot authorities and make recommendations for wider implementation including the building of a knowledge base for local authorities to access.
Needs assessment experience among area agencies on aging
- Author:
- CHEUNG Kam-Fong Monit
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 19(3/4), 1993, pp.77-93.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
The Older Americans Act requires that Area Agencies on Aging (AAAs) must 'assess the kinds and levels of services needed by older persons in the planning and service area, and the effectiveness of the use of resources in meeting these needs'. Since methods of needs assessment can vary from a complex and quantitative policy analysis to a local public hearing, it is important to establish a needs assessment framework for AAAs' reference. Discusses needs assessment experiences among AAAs, and based on these experiences to develop a framework for connecting needs assessment ideas to the national ageing network.
Does standardized needs assessment improve the outcome of psychiatric day hospital care for older people?: a randomized controlled trial
- Authors:
- ASHAYE O. A., LIVINGSTONE G., ORRELL M.W.
- Journal article citation:
- Aging and Mental Health, 7(3), May 2003, pp.195-199.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
There is little evidence to indicate how far psychiatric day hospitals for older people can identify and address the needs of older people who attend. The current practice of Care Programme Approach (CPA) in which multidisciplinary team members, patients and their families meet, may provide a suitable forum for needs to be discussed and interventions planned and implemented. One hundred and twelve new day hospital patients over a period of one year were randomly allocated to an experimental group in which the Camberwell Assessment of Need for the Elderly (CANE). Assessment reports were fed back to day hospital staff but not to the control group in which routine practice was maintained. Similar follow-up assessments were performed after three months in the day hospital or at the time of discharge. At follow-up, both the experimental and control groups had over 60% of their initial unmet needs being adequately met. In both groups, the Health of the Nation Outcome Scales 65þ scores and number of unmet needs were reduced indicating an improvement for both groups. However, there were no significant differences in outcome at follow-up between the experimental and control groups. Day hospitals for older people with mental health problems appear effective in identifying and meeting needs. The feedback from CANE made no difference in terms of outcome.
A population needs assessment profile for dementia
- Authors:
- GORDON David S., et al
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 12(6), 1997, pp.642-647.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Looks at the Tayside Profile for Dementia Planning which is an instrument designed to obtain data for population needs assessment and planning. It provides a brief tool to collect a minimum dataset by non-specialists. Third-party informants - informal carers or involved professionals - are used as data sources. The tool uses a descriptive profile rather than a summative score or categorization. The profile consists of a set of needs indicators, information on current service response and demographic and background data. Key levels of dependency are measured by time interval dependency. Validity, reliability, acceptability and usability are satisfactory, with the crucial exception that informal carers and professionals appear to perceive needs differently. Further research is needed to assess which type of informant provides the more useful data.
Needs and needs assessment: their components and definitions with reference to dementia
- Author:
- McWALTER Gregor
- Journal article citation:
- Health and Social Care in the Community, 2(4), July 1994, pp.213-219.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
The concept of need and the practice of needs assessment are both subject to a wide range of interpretations. Clarifies the concept of need to produce definitions of needs and needs assessment.
Comprehensive geriatric assessment: needs assessment tool
- Authors:
- FISHER Elizabeth, KEEBLE Eilis, KRAINDLER Joshua
- Publisher:
- Nuffield Trust
- Publication year:
- 2018
- Place of publication:
- London
- Edition:
- Version 2
Toolkit to help local providers (NHS acute trusts) and local authority commissioners of care in England assess the needs of frail older people being cared for in hospital. It aims to make information more accessible in order to help providers and commissioners describe hospital activity and frailty in people aged 75 years and older. It includes indicators for each local authority and NHS acute trust to describe populations, hospital costs and hospital usage for people aged 75 years and over using Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) and Office for National Statistics datasets. These are presented alongside HES-based measures of frailty by different types of hospital activity. Additional indicators on patient outcomes (mortality and emergency readmissions) for NHS acute trusts are also included. The tool may prove useful for local planning and making a business case for wider use of CGA locally. It has been developed as part of an National Institute for Health Research (NIHR)-funded project to inform NHS managers, clinicians, patients and the public about how best to organise hospital services for frail older people. (Edited publisher abstract)
Supporting older people with learning disabilities: a toolkit for health and social care commissioners
- Authors:
- TURNER Sue, BERNARD Caroline
- Publisher:
- British Institute of Learning Disabilities
- Publication year:
- 2014
- Pagination:
- 40
- Place of publication:
- Birmingham
Older people with a learning disability often experience health inequalities as a result of factors sitting outside of health services eg poverty, poor housing, social exclusion, lifestyle factors and barriers to accessing health services. This toolkit brings together information from policy and practice to support commissioners in developing services for older people with learning disabilities and their family carers. The seven sections of the toolkit cover: knowing about the local population; planning for the local population; information and advice; accommodation and support; support to remain active and maintain relationships; support with health; and support at the end of life. Each section includes details of the rationale, good practice examples, and self-assessment questions to measure progress. Although the policy and legislation referred to relate to England only, many of the the broad issues discussed are relevant to the UK as a whole. (Original abstract)
Local needs assessment and planning efforts for family caregivers: findings and recommendations
- Authors:
- KRETZMAN Kathyrn G., SCHARLACH Andrew E., DAL SANTO Teresa S.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 43(3/4), 2004, pp.39-59.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
This study examines the adequacy of the current Area Agency on Aging (AAA) needs assessment techniques for identifying and meeting the unique needs of family caregivers, as required under the reauthorized Older Americans Act (OAA, 2000). Our analysis is based on a review of California AAAs' Title III-E Area Plans and their responses to a follow-up survey. The findings underscore the challenges experienced by AAAs as they attempt to identify local caregiver needs and develop and implement plans for meeting those needs. While most AAAs used a variety of methods to identify the needs of caregivers in their communities, these methods typically were not sufficient to provide a representative picture, especially minority groups and other special subpopulations. In addition, AAAs varied considerably in their ability to utilize information about caregiver needs to develop service plans. In addition, AAAs reported a number of barriers as they attempted to expand their efforts to address the needs of family caregivers. The authors identify six general tasks with several specific options that AAAs and others can use to enhance the caregiver needs assessment and community planning process. (Copies of this article are available from: Haworth Document Delivery Centre, Haworth Press Inc., 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580)