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Rural dimensions of elder abuse: contributions to the No Secrets review from rural older people
- Authors:
- CORNES Michelle, MANTHORPE Jill, HASELDEN Noreen
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Adult Protection, 12(3), August 2010, pp.20-29.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
This paper explores elder abuse in rural communities. As part of the consultation around the review of the guidance document 'No Secrets', published by the Department of Health in 2008, a project was commissioned to listen to the views and experiences of a group of older people living in a rural community in Lancashire and Cumbria. The participants were 15 members of a County Forum for the Older Person who were divided into 2 focus groups. The groups discussed questions taken from the 'Keeping People Safe – Tell us how we can help' booklet and some case vignettes. This article reports on the findings of the consultation process and lessons for the review. These largely support the literature in confirming the variety of experiences and views held by rural older people, their personal activity related to protection of themselves and their sense of heightened vulnerabilities but also security from living in rural areas.
Rural areas and personalisation
- Author:
- MANTHORPE Jill
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 23.10.08, 2008, p.34, 36.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Findings from a recent study to investigate how individual budgets have fared in country areas are summarised. The study sought the views of lead officers, mainly social service managers, from rural local authorities where individual budgets (IBs) were piloted. It also included the views of providers and service users in rural areas of England. The results highlight the importance of the local context of personalisation, and the need to consider specific rural issues.
Increasing care options in the countryside: developing an understanding of the potential impact of personalization for social work with rural older people
- Authors:
- MANTHORPE Jill, STEVENS Martin
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Social Work, 40(5), July 2010, pp.1452-1469.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
The study investigated the impact of the personalisation of social care services in England on older people living in rural areas and those supporting them in formal and informal roles. It specifically focuses on the development of personal budgets. In 2008, interviews were conducted with 33 participants from professional, community and voluntary organisations. Results indicated that while the potential flexibility arising from choice and control might be much appreciated by some older people in rural areas, there were concerns that local variations would affect the capacity to tailor support and to sustain developments. In conclusion, the authors suggest that the long-term effects of personalisation need to be monitored and assessed to ensure equitable outcomes in rural areas, and, while there may not be significant differences between rural and urban areas, the rural dimensions of adult social care need to be more rigorously explored.
European challenges in delivering social services in rural regions: a scoping review
- Authors:
- MANTHORPE Jill, LIVSEY Lynne
- Journal article citation:
- European Journal of Social Work, 12(1), March 2009, pp.5-24.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
This article presents an overview of the challenges facing the diverse rural regions of Europe in delivering social services to its citizens. This is at a time of significant socio-economic and demographic change in Europe. Changes include the impact of globalisation, European integration, population ageing, international and regional migration and restructuring of employment. The uneven impact of change is transforming rural regions in different ways. The article uses findings from a scoping review of the literature that explored different definitions and policy dimensions of the term 'rural social services'. A desktop search was undertaken of social services and rural policy literature published in the English language, from 1996 to 2007, and the limitations of this are acknowledged. This narrative review aims to scope the broad nature of challenges facing rural regions with regard to social services provision. The findings are grouped in sections exploring definitions, common trends and debates, key questions and underlying paradigms. The article concludes that policy makers and social work professionals may find it useful to take a wide view of existing literature while recognising that it is often limited and compartmentalised.
Elderly people's perspectives on health and well-being in rural communities in England: findings from the evaluation of the National Service Framework for Older People
- Authors:
- MANTHORPE Jill, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Health and Social Care in the Community, 16(5), September 2008, pp.460-468.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Addressing the problems of meeting the needs of ageing populations in rural areas is recognised as a political and service delivery challenge. The National Service Framework (NSF) for Older People (NSFOP) set out a series of service standards to raise quality, to redress variations in service use and to enhance the effectiveness of services across health and social care in England and alluded to the challenges of meeting such standards in rural communities. This paper reports findings from the consultations undertaken with 713 elderly people as part of the midpoint review of the NSFOP in 2006, presenting and analysing the views and experiences of elderly people from rural areas. The consultations to engage with elderly people employed a mixed methodology that included public events, focus groups and individual interviews. The data reveal participants' views of how different patterns of social change in diverse country areas in England influence health and well-being in later life. The costs and benefits of centralization of services, and the pivotal issue of transport are important themes. The findings raise questions about the unclear and contradictory usages of the term 'rural' in England and the portrayal of rural ageing as a homogeneous experience.
Fresh fields: rural social care: research, policy and practice agendas
- Authors:
- CRAIG Gary, MANTHORPE Jill
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 56p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Layerthorpe
This report focuses on the difficulties surrounding the provision of good quality, affordable and appropriate social care for older people and those with disability who live in Britain's sparsely populated areas. It draws on a wide ranging literature review, a reanalysis of data collected on local government reorganisation and on a telephone survey of rural authorities to set out agendas for research, policy and practice for those concerned with the provision of rural social care.