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Senior and heard
- Author:
- HARDING Mary-Louise
- Journal article citation:
- Health Service Journal, 12.2.04, 2004, pp.32-33.
- Publisher:
- Emap Healthcare
Reports on the London older people's service development programme, which aims to address the social as well as the medical needs of older people. The programme covers 25 borough-based projects, each with a dedicated lead manager and multidisciplinary steering group. It identifies people at risk and co-ordinates work across team care boundaries.
Follow your hunch
- Author:
- WINCHESTER Ruth
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 12.12.02, 2002, pp.26-27.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Looks at the London Older People's Programme which was launched in Autumn 2001 as a joint initiative between the Social Services Inspectorate and the NHS's Directorate of Health and Social Care (London). It is testing out a key part of the NSF standard 2, the importance of person centred care.
The right staff to fit the bill
- Author:
- NAZARKO Linda
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 31.7.96, 1996, pp.44-45.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
In the first of a series of articles exploring a campaign for an Older Persons Bill of Rights, the author examines why older people are not receiving assessments from properly trained and qualified nursing staff.
Towards independence and choice: a review of policy guidance and standards of care for elderly people; a documentation review done by the Daphne Heald Research Unit, Royal College of Nursing, for the Clinical Standards Advisory Group, Department of Health
- Author:
- ROYAL COLLEGE OF NURSING
- Publisher:
- Royal College of Nursing
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 6p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Brief review of services for people aged 70 and over, using hip fractures as a marker condition for the identification of standards relevant to the care and rehabilitation of all older people discharged from hospital.
Improving care in care homes: a qualitative evaluation of the Croydon care home support team
- Authors:
- LAWRENCE Vanessa, BANERJEE Sube
- Journal article citation:
- Aging and Mental Health, 14(4), May 2010, pp.416-424.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
The Croydon care home support team (CHST) was developed in response to reports of patient abuse within long-term care in order to improve standards of care within care homes. The CHST adopts a systemic approach that places an equal emphasis on the social, mental health and nursing needs of residents and aims to address the whole culture of care within the individual homes. This paper describes a qualitative methodology used to assess the perceived impact of the CHST among care home staff. In-depth interviews were conducted with 14 care home managers and 24 members of care home staff across 14 care homes. Grounded theory principles guided the collection and analysis of the data. The results demonstrated improved communication between staff, improved staff development and confidence, and improved quality of care, and point towards the effectiveness of the CHST model. The collaborative approach of the CHST was considered pivotal to its success and presented as an effective method of engaging care home managers and staff. The data demonstrate the potential for specialist multi-disciplinary teams to raise standards of care across long-term care settings. Increased awareness of safeguarding issues, improved staff morale and communication and ongoing opportunities for discussion and problem solving promised to sustain improvements.
Levels of integration and specialisation within professional community teams for people with dementia
- Author:
- ABENDSTERN Michele
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 21(1), January 2006, pp.77-85.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This study considered the nature of current practice among multi-disciplinary and single discipline health and social care teams providing a service to people with dementia and compare the quality of service offered. A postal survey of professional community teams in North West England, providing services to people with dementia was conducted. Responses were analysed according to a number of standards measuring service quality, developed from research and policy documents. A response rate of 59% yielded a final sample of 52 teams. Multi-disciplinary teams scored more highly than single discipline teams on many of the measures used. Single discipline teams achieved a higher score on just one measure, culturally sensitive services. Generally teams were found to provide a more integrated, targeted and person-centred service, as measured in this study, compared with earlier findings. Teams performed less well on measures of flexibility and culturally sensitive provision. The findings indicate some potential gains from integration, and highlight the level of work still needed to achieve it. The authors call for further research to build on the structural and process measures used in this research in order that the costs and outcomes consequent upon these practices can be measured.
The feasibility and acceptability of a specialist health and social care team for the promotion of health and independence in 'at risk' older adults
- Authors:
- DRENNAN Vari, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Health and Social Care in the Community, 13(2), March 2005, pp.136-144.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Population ageing, escalating costs in pensions, health-care and long-term care have prompted a new policy agenda for active ageing and quality of life in old age across the European Union and other developed countries. In England, the National Service Framework for Older People (NSF OP) explicitly demands for the first time that the NHS and local authorities, in partnership, agree programmes to promote health ageing and to prevent disease in older people. These programmes are expected to improve access for older people to mainstream health promotion services and also to develop multiagency initiatives to promote health, independence and well-being in old age. This paper describes the evaluation of one interagency project team established to test out mechanisms for addressing health promotion for older people through primary care. A mixed methodology was used to understand the processes of service development, the impact of the team's intervention, and the primary and secondary outcomes for older people. The project demonstrated that multi-agency partnerships have the potential to improve the quality of the lives of older people deemed 'at risk' by their general practitioners, particularly through income generation but also in the identification of medical problems such as unrecognised hypertension, hearing loss and visual loss. It also offered some key learning points for other multi-agency groups developing similar services.
The single assessment process: an opportunity for collaboration or a threat to the profession of occupational therapy?
- Author:
- COHEN Zoe A.
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 66(5), May 2003, pp.201-208.
- Publisher:
- Sage
The single assessment process is being introduced into the care of older people across health and social services in order to streamline assessments, target resources carefully and improve client-centred practices with a focus on outcomes. Health professions may view this change as a threat because it recommends collaborative working practices that are outside professional tribal boundaries; occupational therapy may be perceived as particularly sensitive to such threats. Explores some of the reasons behind the Government's proposed changes, considers the implications of the change for professional groups and possible reasons for resistance to it and suggests some ways in which occupational therapists can learn to adapt successfully.
Time to design upwards in mental health services for older people
- Author:
- GOSS Tony
- Journal article citation:
- Care Plan, 7(3), March 2001, pp.18-22.
- Publisher:
- Positive Publications/ Anglia Polytechnic University, Faculty of Health and Social Work
Four main areas of working need improvement if services for older people with mental health needs are to match the aspirations of the National Service Framework for Older People and the NHS plan. Describes what needs to be done and says that in the future we should be designing services from the recipient upwards.
Developing a joint mental health strategy for elders
- Author:
- HILL Kathryn
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Review, 6(2), June 2001, pp.14-17.
- Publisher:
- Pier Professional
Reports on the development of a joint mental health strategy for older people in a central London Borough. The project brought together clinicians and practitioners from a variety of settings, the voluntary sector, and users and carers. The aim of the project was to develop a shared philosophy of care based on promoting independence and from this to identify the components of a spectrum of care that would meet the wide range of needs of elders with mental ill health. The borough had high levels of deprivation, unemployment and poor housing. In addition there was a rich ethnic diversity within the borough.