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Excellence reaps the rewards
- Author:
- -
- Journal article citation:
- Working with Older People, 5(3), October 2001, pp.14-22.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Awards for excellence and innovation in health and social care were presented by Health Secretary Alan Milburn at a ceremony in Manchester recently. Describes four winning projects involved in care of older people.
Social rehabilitation:concepts, evidence and practice
- Author:
- MOUNTAIN Gail
- Journal article citation:
- Managing Community Care, 9(2), April 2001, pp.8-15.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
The current evidence to support rehabilitation commissioned and/or provided by social services gives some promising indications. However, it also reveals an urgent need for more and better information about what works best and for whom.
Cutting it fine
- Authors:
- STEELE Val, WRIGHT Rowena
- Journal article citation:
- Health Service Journal, 12.4.01, 2001, p.28.
- Publisher:
- Emap Healthcare
Reports on how by introducing therapy assistants for patients in need of rehabilitation, one trust has succeeded in dramatically reducing length of stay.
Share alike
- Authors:
- POWNEY Beth, WOOD Jackie, ROBINSON Nikki
- Journal article citation:
- Health Service Journal, 29.3.01, 2001, p.35.
- Publisher:
- Emap Healthcare
Reports on an outpatient rehabilitation unit for older people which has flourished under the cross-fertilisation of ideas since the responsibility for managing it was put in the hands of people from different professional backgrounds - a nurse, a physiotherapist and an occupational therapist.
The shape of care to come
- Author:
- VALIOS Natalie
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 22.2.01, 2001, pp.18-19.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The debate about long-term care for older people has raised the question of how it will be provided in future. Some analysts believe the next 20 years will see sheltered housing replacing residential care.
Flexible care can be just a jive
- Author:
- TAYLOR Carolyn
- Journal article citation:
- Care Plan, 8(1), September 2001, pp.28-30.
- Publisher:
- Positive Publications/ Anglia Polytechnic University, Faculty of Health and Social Work
Reports on one of the winners of the health and social care awards. Looks at the use of "flexible carers" in Oxfordshire, who provided regular home based support to older people suffering from functional mental illness or dementia.
Real life research: the ups and downs of an intermediate care study
- Authors:
- TRAPPES-LOMAX Tessa, ELLIS Annie, FOX Mary
- Journal article citation:
- Managing Community Care, 9(5), October 2001, pp.18-24.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
The second article about a comparative study of joint health and social care rehabilitation for older people. Discusses what has worked well so far, and how the various obstacles to doing systematic research across two complex have been tackled organisations. Also describes the sample group and report on data collection so far.
Decision-making and moving into long-term care
- Authors:
- HUGHES Mark, MAYES Deborah, LE RICHE Pat
- Journal article citation:
- Generations Review, 11(2), June 2001, pp.10-12.
- Publisher:
- British Society of Gerontology
One of the important outcomes from the Royal Commission on Long Term Care will be the increase in rehabilitation offered to older people thorough the development of intermediate care services. This research looks individuals opportunities to participate in the assessment and care planning process, and the role played by multi-disciplinary panels, composed of health and social services, in agreeing care managers' placement recommendations. The research was funded by the London Borough of Greenwich in a commitment to evidence-based practice.
Intermediate care and the housing connection
- Author:
- FLETCHER Peter
- Journal article citation:
- Housing Care and Support, 4(2), May 2001, pp.12-14.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Until recently there was a lot of confusion about the meaning of the term 'intermediate care' and the role, if any, that the supported housing sector can play in the development of intermediate care services. This article examines what intermediate care is, who it is for, and what the housing and support contribution might be.
Independence way
- Author:
- LAURENT Claire
- Journal article citation:
- Health Service Journal, 19.4.01, 2001, pp.22-24.
- Publisher:
- Emap Healthcare
Intermediate care has been redefined and given a new emphasis- as well as new money. But the model being introduced has had little evaluation and may produce no added benefits to patients.