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Hospital readmission: possible reasons and recommendations
- Authors:
- RICHARDSON Nicola, PAXTON Roger
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Dementia Care, 12(4), July 2004, pp.35-36.
- Publisher:
- Hawker
Describes a small study to determine whether local impressions that hospital discharge of people with dementia commonly break down are accurate or not. The discharge records of the in-patient assessment unit were examined over a 15-month period. In addition, 19 semi-structured interviews were conducted with staff nurses, care managers and the managers of local nursing and residental homes who had been involved in the discharge and resettlement process. The most obvious cause of readmission from the staff interviewed was 'behavioural problems'. The most common reasons for placements breaking down was staffing in care homes. Looks at some of the suggestions for improved services.
Research into Practice
- Author:
- CLARK Heather
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 18.03.04, 2004, p.44.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Reports on a recent study undertaken in three different local authority areas in England, which highlights how direct payments can work for older people. Many of the older people in the study used direct payments to fund the employment of personal assistants.
Older frequent emergency department attenders' appraisal of emergency department social work: a comparative UK and Swedish study
- Authors:
- McLEOD Eileen, OLSSON Mariann
- Publisher:
- University of Warwick. School of Health and Social Studies
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 53p.
- Place of publication:
- Coventry
This study presents a comparative account of older frequent Emergency Department (ED) attenders’ appraisal of ED based social work. To put service users’ appraisal of ED social work in context, the Report begins by discussing how substantial ill-health is the key reason for their frequent ED attendance. It then explores the association between their ill-health and the need for ED social work, the process of contact, the positive outcomes of ED social work for their health in the short and longer term, together with its limitations. This is followed by an account of service users’ requirements of ED medical and nursing care, if it is to complement ED social work in addressing their health problems. Throughout, the Report identifies convergences and divergences between UK and Swedish experience, to provide an international perspective on the significance of ED social work for older frequent service users.
Senior centers: increasing minority participation through diversification
- Author:
- PARDASANI Manoj P.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 43(2/3), 2004, pp.41-55.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
This article explores the degree of influence of the racial and linguistic characteristics of staff and the availability of culturally diverse programmes on the level of minority elder participation in senior centres. Two hundred twenty senior centres, recreation clubs, nutrition sites, and local Area Agencies of Aging in New York State were surveyed and comprise the study population. The impact of factors such as the racial/ ethnic backgrounds of the senior centre staff, linguistic abilities of the staff/administrators, and the availability of culturally specific programmes on the level of participation among non-Caucasian elderly were evaluated. The study found that increasing the representation of minority staff and diverse programming, increases the level of participation of minority elders in senior centres. These findings provide the framework for recommendations to increase the representation of non-Caucasian staff in senior centers. Doing so will lead to a greater diversity of senior centre consumers and allow senior centers to reach out to traditionally under-served populations. (Copies of this article are available from: Haworth Document Delivery Centre, Haworth Press Inc., 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580)
Factors predicting lawsuits against nursing homes in Florida 1997–2001
- Authors:
- JOHNSON Christopher E., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Gerontologist, 44(3), June 2004, pp.339-347.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
The authors explore how nursing home characteristics affect the number of lawsuits filed against the facilities in Florida during the period from 1997 to 2001. They examined data from 478 nursing homes in 30 Florida counties from 1997 to 2001. We obtained the data from Westlaw's Adverse Filings: Lawsuits database, the Online Survey, Certification, and Reporting system database from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and state complaint surveys, and we also used primary data. We used negative binomial regression to explain total lawsuit variance by year. They controlled for acuity and year effects, and our explanatory variables included (a) facility characteristics—including staffing, number of beds, multistate system membership, and for-profit ownership—and (b) quality measures—including total number and type of state licensing survey deficiencies, pressure-sore development, and medication errors per resident. Higher registered nurse and certified nursing assistant staffing levels were associated with fewer lawsuits. More deficiencies on the licensing survey and larger and for-profit nursing homes were positively related with higher numbers of lawsuits. This study suggests that nursing homes that meet long-stay staffing standards, meet minimum quality measures, are not for profit, and are smaller will experience fewer lawsuits.
Perceptions of the need for social work in assisted living facilities
- Author:
- VINTON Linda
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Work in Long-Term Care, 3(1), 2004, pp.85-100.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- London
A growing number of assisted living facilities (ALFs) in the United States are caring for elders with disabilities. Residents often need a broad array of supports as their physical, mental, and social functioning declines. The need for social work competencies was examined in this study of 140 ALF administrators. The 31 competencies were borrowed from the CSWE/SAGE-SW National Competencies Survey Report. Only 17 of the respondents employed professional social workers but facilities with social workers were significantly more likely to offer bereavement, crisis, family, and substance abuse counseling. The majority of administrators agreed that social work competencies could be useful in their facilities; however, non-social workers appeared to be performing many of these tasks. (Copies of this article are available from: Haworth Document Delivery Centre, Haworth Press Inc., 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580).
Recipe for retention
- Author:
- HOPKINS Graham
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 3.6.04, 2004, pp.38-39.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
A home care manager tells how she tackled recruitment and retention problems.
Training and tightening drug roles are key to tacking abuse say MPs
- Author:
- KENNY Craig
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 22.4.04, 2004, pp.18-19.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Campaigners want the abuse of older people to be giving the same high priority as child abuse. Looks at the Health select committee report on elder abuse.
National minimum wage hits care home owners
- Author:
- ELLINOR Rebecca
- Journal article citation:
- Care and Health Magazine, 30.3.04, 2004, p.13.
- Publisher:
- Care and Health
Looks at the impact of the increase in the national minimum wage for care home owners.
Person-centred care: the emperor's new clothes?
- Author:
- SHEARD David
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Dementia Care, 12(2), March 2004, pp.22-25.
- Publisher:
- Hawker
Looks at person centred care and what it means for people with demenia and their carers. Highlights some of the barriers to person centred care and the characteristics and skills required to achieve it.