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Working with people with alcohol-related brain damage
- Author:
- MCCABE Louise
- Publisher:
- University of Stirling. Dementia Services Development Centre
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 35p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Stirling
This report details a research project funded by the Alcohol Education and Research Council. This project looked in more detail at staff currently working with people with alcohol-related brain damage (ARBD) with two aims. First, to explore the knowledge and attitudes of staff working with people with ARBD exploring how their knowledge had developed, and second, to draw on their knowledge and experience to learn about caring for people with ARBD in care homes. The project also investigates the management of alcohol within care homes. The management of alcohol is influenced both by formal policy and by the knowledge and views of care staff. This project explores these two aspects influencing alcohol management in care services, with the aim of providing useful information for care staff, their managers, the families and carers of people with ARBD. The first part of this report reviews current literature on ARBD exploring both the medical and social aspects of the condition. The report goes on to describe the methods used within this research and provides descriptions of the four field sites. The findings from the project are discussed in detail in the light of current research literature. In conclusion, recommendations for further research are proposed.
Skin care of people with dementia: S/NVQ unit HSC358: candidate guide
- Author:
- MCALLAN William
- Publisher:
- University of Stirling. Dementia Services Development Centre
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 49p.
- Place of publication:
- Stirling
This guide is written for care workers who are undertaking their S/NVQ qualification or are engaged in continuous professional development. It provides a knowledge base for S/NVQ unit HSC358 ‘Identify the individual at risk of skin breakdown and undertake the appropriate risk assessment’ and links with The Dementia Services Development Centre’s study guide – caring for the skin of people with Dementia.
Care homes: through the eyes of the consumer
- Author:
- P&G PROFESSIONAL
- Publisher:
- English Community Care Association
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 5p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This report has been commissioned to provide the care sector with invaluable insights into long-term residential care. By evaluating the views of those directly affected by long-term care and listening to the personal experiences of the participants, the study aims to provide a platform for debate surrounding the issues currently present within the sector and to specifically identify the key factors that determine care home choice for residents, staff and relatives. The study was designed to achieve the following objectives: Provide insightful new information of value to care home operators and those working within the sector; Provide a voice for the residents, relatives and staff who make use of long-term care services for older people; Highlight to operators the factors that affect the selection of their services.
Professional perspectives on decision making about the long-term care of older people
- Authors:
- TAYLOR Brian J., DONNELLY Michael
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Social Work, 36(5), June 2006, pp.807-826.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
With the increasing pressure on social and health care resources, professionals have to be more explicit in their decision making regarding the long-term care of older people. This grounded theory study used 19 focus groups and nine semi-structured interviews (99 staff in total) in Northern Ireland to explore professional perspectives on this decision making. Focus group participants and interviewees comprised care managers, social workers, consultant geriatricians, general medical practitioners, community nurses, home care managers, occupational therapists and hospital discharge support staff. The emerging themes spanned context, clients, families and services. Decisions were often prompted by a crisis, hindering professionals seeking to make a measured assessment. Fear of burglary and assault, and the willingness and availability of family to help were major factors in decisions about living at home. Service availability in terms of public funding for community care, the availability of home care workers and workload pressures on primary care services influenced decision ‘thresholds’ regarding admission to institutional care. Assessment tools designed to assist decision making about the long-term care of older people need to take into account the critical aspects of individual fears and motivation, family support and the availability of publicly funded services as well as functional and medical needs.
Working with Alzheimer's disease
- Author:
- SUTCLIFFE David
- Publisher:
- Ullswater
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 64p.
- Place of publication:
- Eastbourne
- Edition:
- 7th
A pocket-sized handbook for home helps and care attendants covering the management of the Alzheimer's sufferer, and support to carers.
Communicating with people with dementia: S/NVQ unit HSC369: candidate guide
- Author:
- MCALLAN William
- Publisher:
- University of Stirling. Dementia Services Development Centre
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 49p.
- Place of publication:
- Stirling
This guide is written for care workers who are undertaking their S/NVQ qualification or are engaged in continuous professional development. It provides a knowledge base for S/NVQ unit HSC369 ‘Support individuals with specific communication needs’ and links with The Dementia Services Development Centre’s study guide Hearing the Voice of People with Dementia.
Performance indicators in social care for older people
- Authors:
- CHALLIS David, CLARKSON Paul, WARBURTON Raymond
- Publisher:
- Ashgate
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 350p.
- Place of publication:
- Aldershot
With growing focus upon performance review and monitoring, the awareness and use of performance indicators throughout a number of public services has increased. For social care organisations it is increasingly a requirement that data be available to make performance review possible. Set within a national context, this book reviews the historical development and measurement issues of performance indicators within social care and the public sector for older people. The book provides an approach to effective local performance measurement in services for older people and organising framework within which organisations can arrange their performance appraisal for older people's services. It examines the development of performance review in social care of older people; examines the process of developing local performance measures and engaging staff in enquiry and quality management; and reviews the process of development of performance indicators and their utilisation at an agency level.
Linking resident satisfaction to staff perceptions of the work environment in assisted living: a multilevel analysis
- Author:
- SIKORSKA-SIMMONS Elzbieta
- Journal article citation:
- Gerontologist, 46(5), October 2006, pp.590-598.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
This study examines the relationship between resident satisfaction and staff perceptions of the work environment in assisted living. Staff perceptions were assessed at the facility level, using aggregate measures of staff job satisfaction, organizational commitment, and views of organizational culture. The sample included 335 residents and 298 staff members in 43 assisted living facilities in the United States. Data were collected by means of self-administered questionnaires. Two-level hierarchical linear models were used to test the hypotheses. With resident age, gender, and education controlled for, the relationships between resident satisfaction (Level 1 variable) and staff perceptions of the work environment (Level 2 variables) were assessed. Greater resident satisfaction in the facility was associated with higher staff job satisfaction and more positive staff views of organizational culture (e.g., greater teamwork and participation in the decision making). From resident characteristics, only education was significantly related to satisfaction. More educated residents were less satisfied with assisted living. Implications: These findings suggest that a good quality of work environment for the staff contributes to a better quality of care for the residents. More research is needed to examine the causal nature of this relationship.
The Support 67 Action Group: easing the path into care
- Authors:
- AVEYARD Barry, DAVIES Sue
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Dementia Care, 14(6), November 2006, pp.19-21.
- Publisher:
- Hawker
The authors describe how the combined efforts of staff, relatives and researchers created a 'welcome' booklet about dementia and nursing care for newcomers to a dementia care home in Sheffield. The booklet aimed to provide information and support for people with dementia and their relatives faced with having to make decisions about moving to a care home.
Transitions in care homes: towards relationship-centred care using the 'Senses Framework'
- Authors:
- NOLAN Mike, DAVIES Sue, BROWN Jayne
- Journal article citation:
- Quality in Ageing, 7(3), September 2006, pp.5-14.
- Publisher:
- Pier Professional
- Place of publication:
- Brighton
Long-term care in general, and care homes in particular, have never enjoyed high status as a place to live and work. This marginalised position is largely due to the continued failure to value the contribution that care homes make to supporting frail and vulnerable older people. In order to promote a more positive vision of what can be achieved in care homes, this paper argues for the adoption of a relationship-centred approach to care. The need for such a model is described, and how it might be applied using the 'Senses Framework' is considered. It is argued that adopting such a philosophy will provide a clearers sense of therapeutic direction for staff working in care homes, as well as more explicitly recognising the contribution that residents and relatives can make to creating an 'enriched environment' of care.