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Care management study: report on national data; mapping and evaluation of care management arrangements for older people and those with mental health problems
- Authors:
- CHALLIS David, et al
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health. Social Services Inspectorate
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 74p.,tables,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Report presenting the findings from part of a national survey of care management arrangements. Forms part of a three-phase programme of research aiming to provide a mapping and evaluation of care management arrangements for older people and people with mental health problems.
Home from home
- Author:
- FRANCIS Joy
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 2.9.93, 1993, p.26.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The Shared Care Option Placements for Elderly People team, in Lewisham, which provides short- and long-term residential placements for elderly people has just completed a six-month pilot project, aimed at offering black elders and elderly people suffering from mental ill-health a flexible alternative to the more traditional day care services. The scheme involves people being cared for in carers' own homes; an approach which is viewed as having much to offer black elders in particular, as they may be reluctant to enter an all-white environment. Looks at this alternative to day centres.
Performance review in local government: a handbook for auditors and local authorities; social services
- Author:
- AUDIT COMMISSION
- Publisher:
- HMSO Books
- Publication year:
- 1989
- Pagination:
- 55p., tables, bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- London
Provides an introduction to service provision, an outline of current management issues and a guide to performance review for each of the following groups : children, elderly, mentally handicapped, mentally ill and physically handicapped.
Integrating social services for vulnerable groups: bridging sectors for better service delivery
- Author:
- ORGANISATION FOR ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT
- Publisher:
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Pagination:
- 212
- Place of publication:
- Paris
This book looks at the ways in which governments design and deliver integrated social services to vulnerable groups and the opportunities and challenges this brings. Although the needs of vulnerable families, children and youth with mental health issues, the homeless, and the frail elderly can vary widely, the challenges government face when delivering multiple social supports to these groups are often similar. For each vulnerable group, the book addresses questions like: How are social services being integrated? How are vulnerable groups defined in different countries and how do populations compare? Why integrate service for vulnerable groups? The book highlights pathways towards successful integration practices, and summarises the evidence on good practice and promising common practices from across all of the vulnerable groups. (Edited publisher abstract)
The balance of care: reconfiguring services for older people with mental health problems
- Authors:
- TUCKER S., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Aging and Mental Health, 12(1), January 2008, pp.81-91.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
The belief that most older people, including those with complex needs, can, and would prefer to be, cared for in their own homes underpins community care policy in many developed nations. There is thus a common desire to avoid the unnecessary or inappropriate placement of older people in care homes or in hospital by shifting the balance of provision. This paper demonstrates the utility of a 'balance of care' approach to address these issues in the context of commissioners' intention to reconfigure services for older people with mental health problems in a defined geographical area of the North West of England. The findings suggest that, if enhanced community services were available, a number of people currently admitted to residential or hospital beds could be more appropriately supported in their own homes at a cost that is no greater than local agencies currently incur.
Health-related quality of life and attitudes to long-term care among carers of older people using social services
- Author:
- ILIFFE Steve
- Journal article citation:
- Research Policy and Planning, 23(3), 2005, pp.165-173.
- Publisher:
- Social Services Research Group
Using three standardised measures to screen for activity limitation (ADLs), depression (GHQ-28) and health related quality of life (HRQoL) (SF36), a study of carers and people aged 75 and over referred consecutively to social services departments in adjacent inner city areas showed a high prevalence of limitations in activities of daily living (ADLs), that a substantial proportion (42 per cent) had GHQ-28 scores high enough to suggest depression and their scores on the SF-36 showed that many carers were low in vitality and tired. Co-resident carers had poorer psychological health and more difficulties with social functioning than non-resident carers, and were older, but were not significantly different in self-reported physical health. Whether carers wanted the cared-for person to remain at home for as long as possible depended on their relationship (spouse or not) and whether the older person was depressed. The carers' own psychological health was not related to their attitude to institutional care. The study suggests that targeting social care resources on carers showing psychological distress may not reduce downstream expenditure on long-term care.
The shape of future care for older people with mental health needs
- Author:
- OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY. Institute of Public Care
- Publisher:
- Oxford Brookes University. Institute of Public Care
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 24p.
- Place of publication:
- Oxford
A report from the charity Friends of the Elderly, warns that councils in the South East are unprepared for an increase in demand for mental health services for older people. The charity is saying that areas of serious need will be created which will ‘stretch current service provision to the limit and probably beyond’. The report recommends that statutory authorities work in a more integrated way with voluntary and independent providers.
Extent of bed-blocking fines system surprises health and care sectors
- Author:
- BROWN David
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 8.8.02, 2002, pp.16-17.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Discusses recent government consultation proposals which not only covers older people but could potentially include mental health patients, those leaving community hospitals, intermediate care and involve housing and other public sector departments.
Des res with dignity
- Author:
- BOND Henrietta
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 28.1.99, 1999, pp.28-29.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The author visits a residential project in the heart of London helping people with mental health problems overcome years of institutional living and deal with the problems of every day life.
Psychiatric morbidity and service use among elderly people
- Authors:
- BOWLING Ann, FARQUHAR Morag
- Journal article citation:
- Ageing and Society, 11(3), September 1991, pp.275-297.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
Results from three surveys of elderly people living in London and Essex are presented in relation to their use of health and social services. Level of functional ability and age were stronger predictors of use than psychiatric morbidity.