Search results for ‘Subject term:"older people"’ Sort:
Results 1 - 2 of 2
Emergency department social work in the UK and Sweden: evaluation by older frequent emergency department attenders
- Authors:
- McLEOD Eileen, OLSSON Mariann
- Journal article citation:
- European Journal of Social Work, 9(2), June 2006, pp.139-157.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Social work based in hospital emergency departments (EDs) in Sweden and the UK reflects a wider European social/health care policy trend. A key focus is on diverting older frequent ED attenders from ‘inappropriate’ hospital re-attendance or emergency admission, because of social care problems. However, previously there has been no evaluation of the significance of ED social work for health and well-being, from the standpoint of older frequent ED attenders themselves. In a preliminary way, our paper provides this through drawing on a small scale Swedish/UK study. Its comparative account of service user feedback underscores the importance of ED social work as a facet of European social work. It indicates that ED social work contributes to the quality of care within emergency departments, acts as a key access point to social services, and can promote both short and longer-term health. At the same time, some serious shortcomings emerge. These include under-developed referral systems, and limitations to community based services following ED social work assessment, which reflect the under-resourcing of social care provision in both countries. Moreover, service users’ experience in both Sweden and the UK reveals the risk of ED social work with older frequent ED attenders being used as a substitute for follow-up medical/nursing care when that is also required.
Working for equality in health
- Editors:
- BYWATERS Paul, McLEOD Eileen
- Publisher:
- Routledge
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 236p.,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- London
Includes papers on: building a poverty perspective into health visiting; health care for older people - ageism and equality; social work and health; the health of children who are carers; service users acting as agents of change; localities and inequalities; trade unions and equality in community care for users and workers; strategies for reducing child health inequalities; researching women's health work; developing health promotion strategies with black and minority ethnic communities; and the politics of AIDS treatment information activism.