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Call me up
- Author:
- SALE Anabel Unity
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 9.1.03, 2003, p.32.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Looks at a project in Northern Ireland which provides older and vulnerable people with support and information through a daily telephone call. The service operates in an area where there are problems with crime, anti-social behaviour and poverty.
A dereliction of duty
- Author:
- CAMPBELL Beatrix
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 23.7.98, 1998, p.10.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The author criticises Northern Ireland's civil servants who are denying social care to over-75s in the name of "fairness".
Home rules
- Author:
- COHEN Phil
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 2.11.95, 1995, p.21.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Reports on new proposals which should make it easier for elderly Irish people in Britain to move to residential care in Northern Ireland.
Contrasting European policies for the care of the elderly
- Editors:
- JAMIESON Anne, ILLSLEY Raymond
- Publisher:
- Avebury
- Publication year:
- 1990
- Pagination:
- 199p., tables, bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- London
Looks at Belgium, Denmark, France, Greece, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, and the UK. Part 1 examines the relationship between formal and informal care, Part 2 deals with care systems and care delivery problems. Includes chapter by Ian Sinclair, Peter Gorbach, Enid Levin and Jenny Williams: 'Community care and residential admissions: results from two empirical studies'.
National audit of intermediate care 2012
- Author:
- NHS BENCHMARKING NETWORK
- Publisher:
- NHS Benchmarking Network
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Pagination:
- 70p.
- Place of publication:
- Manchester
The National Audit of Intermediate Care was launched in November 2011 as a partnership project which includes the Royal College of Nursing. The audit aims to take a whole system view of the effectiveness of intermediate care services and the contribution made to demand management across health and social care systems in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The audit highlights wide variation in service models being used nationally with differences evident in the extent of multiagency integration, the scale of services provided, and how intermediate care sits within the full range of health and community services, in each local health economy. People with dementia are not systematically excluded from intermediate care but may be under represented amongst intermediate care service users. The cost of an intermediate care bed day reported by commissioners ranged from an average of £136 in residential care homes to an average of £252 per bed day in community hospitals. Also, mental health workers are rarely included in the establishment of intermediate care teams.
Older people's views of support services in response to elder abuse in communities across Ireland
- Authors:
- BEGLEY Emer, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Quality in Ageing and Older Adults, 13(1), 2012, pp.48-59.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
This study investigated older peoples’ perceptions of interventions and services to support people experiencing abuse. Participants included 58 older people, aged 65 years and over, who took part in focus groups across Ireland. Preventative community-based approaches and peer supports were identified as important mechanisms to support people experiencing, and being at risk of, elder abuse. Choices regarding care provision and housing, as well as opportunities for engagement in community activities where they can discuss issues with others were identified as ways to prevent abuse. The policy implication of the findings from this research is that enhanced attention and resources should be directed to community activities that enable older people to share their concerns informally thereby gaining confidence to seek more formal interventions when necessary. Suggested for future research are presented.
'Would you have sandwiches for tea every night?': older people's views of social care in Northern Ireland
- Author:
- AGE NI
- Publisher:
- Age NI
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Pagination:
- 23p.
- Place of publication:
- Belfast
The aim of this research project, commissioned by Age NI (an independent charity for older people in Northern Ireland), was to consult directly with older people to ascertain their views on all aspects of social care. 3 focus groups were run across Northern Ireland, in Belfast, Cookstown, and Irvinestown. 24 older people attended the focus groups, all aged over 65 years. The discussions focused on 2 main areas: views and experiences of the present arrangements for social care in Northern Ireland, and vision for a future social care system (covering views on what good care would look like and proposals for improving the provision of social care). This report provides the background to the project, and presents its key findings. It sets out the recommendations made, covering: entitlement, services and limitations; quality of care; workforce issues; carers and family support; and finances.
Designing dementia nursing and residential care homes
- Authors:
- HADJRI Karim, FAITH Verity, MCMANUS Maria
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Integrated Care, 20(5), 2012, pp.322-340.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
This study investigated the design of nursing and residential care homes for people with dementia in Northern Ireland using the design audit checklist developed by the Dementia Services Development Centre (DSDC). The appraisal used questionnaires sent to facility managers. The study identified the types of homes that were seen as failing to meet most of the DSDC design criteria and, in particular, which criteria are not met according to their managers. Results from this sample suggest that nursing homes aligned better with DSDC criteria than residential care homes. The study concludes that the majority of managers perceive their care homes to meet over 50% of the essential criteria, with just over 5% below the 50% mark. The authors concluded that more attention to dementia-friendly building design needs to be taken into consideration by residential care homes, and more improvement would still be required by nursing homes not meeting all criteria.
Sheltered housing and care for older people: perspectives of tenants and scheme managers
- Authors:
- TAYLOR Brian J., NEILL Andrea
- Journal article citation:
- Quality in Ageing, 10(4), December 2009, pp.18-28.
- Publisher:
- Pier Professional
- Place of publication:
- Brighton
Sheltered housing schemes for older people took a new turn in the UK with the community care policy of the early 1990s giving care provision for people living in such schemes. There is relatively little research on what sheltered housing schemes provide and what makes them work well. This study looked at sheltered housing provision for older people in the north Antrim area of Northern Ireland through 10 focus groups with tenants and 16 questionnaires administered with managers of schemes. The findings showed that tenants valued the independence and choice of sheltered housing in comparison with institutional care. They also highly valued the social interaction and social events with other tenants. Scheme managers were often available to tenants for long and anti-social hours. The home care arrangements were regarded as satisfactory although there were criticisms of the limited hours for tasks and the skills of some care workers. Some scheme managers thought that the publicly-funded homecare service would be more efficient if the staff were managed from the housing scheme. The overall conclusion was that well-planned and well-located supported housing schemes with appropriate attention to social aspects lead to good self-reported quality of life and satisfaction of the tenants. An area for further research is the effectiveness of different arrangements for the provision of care in such schemes.
Standards for adult social care support services for carers
- Author:
- NORTHERN IRELAND. Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety
- Publisher:
- Northern Ireland. Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 19p.
- Place of publication:
- Belfast
The need for an inspection of Social Care Support Services for Carers of Older People in Northern Ireland was identified during the consultation on the former Social Services Inspectorate's inspection programme for 2002-2005. The inspection continued into 2006. The reports arising from the inspection identify many areas of good practice and good quality work undertaken by highly motivated staff. The reports have sought to identify both what is working well and where improvements are still needed. The reports, with their recommendations to Boards and Trusts and their partner Agencies, together with the draft standards and other initiatives from DHSSPS, provide a clear and coherent framework for the future provision of robust, high quality support for carers. Support for carers is a central policy objective for the Department. The final Standards for Adult Social Care Support Services for Carers were issued in July 2008 and will complement other published standards with regard to practice and social care service provision. The standards will be of use to Commissioners and Providers of social care support services for carers; social care workers; regulatory and training providers and most importantly to carers and their representative groups to inform them of what they can and should reasonably expect from social care support services and from the organisations and practitioners commissioning and providing them.