Search results for ‘Subject term:"older people"’ Sort:
Results 1 - 6 of 6
A positive experience? Assessing the effect of the social environment on demented elderly residents of local authority homes
- Author:
- NETTEN Ann
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work and Social Sciences Review, 3(1), 1991, pp.46-62.
- Publisher:
- Whiting and Birch
Reports on a study of residents' functional abilities, using the Social Care Environment Scale and the effect of different regimes on the clients.
Quality of life outcomes for residents and quality ratings of care homes: is there a relationship?
- Authors:
- NETTEN Ann, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Age and Ageing, 41(4), 2012, pp.512-517.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Background: Quality ratings of care homes are used by decision makers in the absence of direct information about outcomes. However, there is little evidence about the relationship between regulators' ratings of homes and residents' quality of life outcomes. Objectives: To capture social care-related quality of life (SCRQoL) outcomes for residents and investigate the relationship between outcomes and regulator quality ratings of homes. Methods: Data were collected for 366 residents of 83 English care homes for older people inspected during 2008. Outcomes were measured using the Adult Social Care Outcomes Toolkit (ASCOT). Multivariate multilevel modelling was used to investigate the relationship between quality of life outcomes and star ratings of homes, controlling for resident and home characteristics. Results: Care homes were delivering substantial gains in SCRQoL, but were more successful in delivering ‘basic’ (e.g. personal cleanliness) than higher-order domains (e.g. social participation). Outcomes were associated with quality ratings of residential homes but not of nursing homes. Conclusions: The approach to providing quality ratings by the regulator in England is currently under review. Future quality indicators need to demonstrate their relationship with quality of life outcomes if they are to be a reliable guide to commissioners and private individuals purchasing care. (Publisher abstract)
The development of social well-being in new extra care housing schemes
- Authors:
- CALLAGHAN Lisa, NETTEN Ann, DARTON Robin
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 60p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- York
The findings of a study conducted between to investigate the development of social well-being for older people moving into 15 new-build extra care housing schemes are reported. The report describes how schemes had begun to develop social activities and community during their first six months, identifying facilitators and barriers to social participation; considers the social climate or ‘atmosphere’ of the schemes one year after opening; discusses differences in individual social well-being one year after opening. Whilst there are some limitations to the study, the findings suggest that extra care housing an provide and environment supportive of social well-being. Key messages are summarised.
Residential care for elderly people: an exploratory study in quality measurement
- Authors:
- SCHNEIDER Justine, MANN Anthony, NETTEN Ann
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Research Review, 4, April 1997, pp.12-15.
- Publisher:
- Personal Social Services Research Unit
Summarises the findings of a study to identify and test a number of possible measures of quality of care in residential homes. No definition of quality was adopted prior to the study, but the perspectives of residents, health and social care professionals, home staff, managers, and relatives were addressed. Goes on to put forward some policy implications drawn from the results of the survey.
Measuring the outcomes of care homes: final report
- Authors:
- NETTEN Ann, et al
- Publisher:
- Personal Social Services Research Unit
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 117p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Canterbury
The authors report on a project which developed and tested an approach to measuring and monitoring outcomes of the care and support provided to residents of care homes for older people and people with learning disabilities. The research was part of the ‘Measuring Outcomes for Public Service Users’ (MOPSU) project, which was funded by the Treasury under the Invest to Save budget and led by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The domains that comprise social care related quality of life (SCRQOL) formed the basis of the measures used in the study.
Raising the quality of home care: a study of service users’ views
- Authors:
- FRANCIS Jennifer, NETTEN Ann
- Journal article citation:
- Social Policy and Administration, 38(3), June 2004, pp.290-305.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Raising standards is one of the key objectives of the British government's Modernizing Agenda. The quality of life of vulnerable older people who are being maintained at home is fundamentally dependent on the quality of the home-care services they receive, so raising standards of home care is clearly central to this agenda. This paper draws on a small-scale study of service users and providers to examine the aspects of quality of home care of importance to older people, their experiences and barriers to improvement. Six key aspects of quality were investigated: reliability, continuity, flexibility, communication, staff attitudes and skills and knowledge. If performance indicators are to have the desired effect, more work needs to be done to ensure they reflect key aspects of quality from the user perspective. We identify potential areas for improvement in commissioning and organization but these all have resource implications that will need to be met if home care is to realize its full potential in maintaining and improving quality of life for older people.