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I can't place this place at all: working with people with dementia and their carers
- Author:
- MARSHALL Mary
- Publisher:
- Venture Press/British Association of Social Work
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 107p.,list of orgs.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Birmingham
Aims to provide a practical introduction to work with people with dementia and their carers for anybody in the social care field.
Rights, risks and restraints: an exploration into the use of restraint in the care of older people
- Author:
- COMMISSION FOR SOCIAL CARE INSPECTION
- Publisher:
- Commission for Social Care Inspection
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 64p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The report says that clear guidelines and well-resourced services are needed to ensure dignity of care for people who use services. It looks at the issues and dilemmas around restraint, particularly the tensions between respecting people’s rights to freedom and to make choices, while at the same time ensuring people’s safety. Although there is policy and legislation to respect people’s human rights, the report suggests that in practice care workers have been left largely unsupported to deal with these tensions.
Experience-based approach to respite care training
- Author:
- JEFFS Jane
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Dementia Care, 10(3), May 2002, pp.20-21.
- Publisher:
- Hawker
Reports on a training initiative for a respite care service for older people and their carers. Staff experienced for themselves the environment they were creating for service users with community and residential care workers living in the respite care setting for five days. Looks at the outcomes of the training and an evaluation of the service.
Exploring ways for staff to consult people with dementia about services
- Author:
- JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- York
Previous research has demonstrated that, given the right support, individuals with dementia can express opinions about services. However, staff need help with identifying and using opportunities for meaningful consultation. This study by Kate Allan explored how staff can encourage people with dementia to express their views and preferences in the course of day-to-day practice. The focus was on the process of undertaking service user consultation with people with dementia.
Drawing out views on services: a new staff-based approach
- Author:
- ALLEN Kate
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Dementia Care, 8(6), November 2000, pp.16-19.
- Publisher:
- Hawker
In the first of a three-part series, the author introduces Hearing the Voice of People with Dementia, a project exploring the process of staff, rather than outside researchers, undertaking service user consultation work with people with dementia.
Support for all involved in the companion's club
- Authors:
- BENDER Mike, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Dementia Care, 7(1), January 1999, pp.29-31.
- Publisher:
- Hawker
In the first of two articles, the author describes how he, and his colleagues, set up a peer supervision group for staff engaged in long term supportive counselling with people who have dementia.
Training and development for dementia care workers
- Author:
- INNES Anthea
- Publisher:
- Jessica Kingsley
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 117p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Presents a concise guide to running a training programme for dementia care workers. Outlines the key factors to consider in the design, delivery and implementation of a programme. Stresses the importance of getting to know the care settings in which the trainees will practise to ensure that the training has direct relevance to participants.
Staff development for working with lesbian and gay elders
- Author:
- METZ Pam
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Gay and Lesbian Social Services, 6(1), 1997, pp.34-45.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
In order to provide sensitive and knowledgeable services to lesbian and gay elders and their friends and family members, administrators and staff must prepare themselves through staff development. This article describes a seven step process and experiential exercises to assist social service providers in providing services to lesbian and gay elders.
Social and health authority services for elderly people from black and minority ethnic communities
- Authors:
- ASKHAM Janet, HENSHAW Lesley, TARPEY Maryrose
- Publisher:
- HMSO/Age Concern Institute of Gerontology
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 142p.,tables,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Research study looking at local initiatives in service provision for black and minority ethnic elders. Includes the views of staff and users.
The potential of domiciliary care service in the Czech Republic to promote ageing in place
- Authors:
- KUBALCIKOVA Katerina, HAVLIKOVA Jana
- Journal article citation:
- European Journal of Social Work, 18(1), 2015, pp.65-80.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Due to population ageing, the need for long-term care is increasing. In many European countries, there is now a firm policy preference for care in the home as opposed to institutional care and policies at the local level support this preference. The purpose of this study is to report on the position of domiciliary care service within the Czech social services for the elderly and to explore its potential to promote ‘ageing in place’. The aim of the research was to perceive this issue from the viewpoint of the different parties: service users, service workers, service managers as well as policy-makers. Therefore, the qualitative methodology (case study method) was used. The results revealed that users considered domiciliary care as the only service in the Czech Republic that allowed them to remain at home despite their worsening capacity to manage the activities of daily living. On the part of the domiciliary care service, however, the authors found that this was strong in the provision of practical help, as well as assistance with users' self-maintenance, whereas their supervision and care management were not explicitly included either in the concept or the practice of this type of service. (Edited publisher abstract)