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Home help to community care: caring for people in Cambridgeshire
- Authors:
- ASTON Angela, HEAP Wendy
- Publisher:
- Cambridgeshire. Social Services Department
- Publication year:
- 1990
- Pagination:
- 41p., tables, diags.
- Place of publication:
- Cambridge
A survey into characteristics and opinions of community care clients.
Feedback to front-line staff from computerised records: some problems and progress
- Authors:
- CHALLIS D., CHESTERMAN J.
- Journal article citation:
- Computer Applications in Social Work and Allied Professions, 3(3), 1987, pp.12-14.
System used in the Kent Community Care Scheme for elderly people.
Predicting social care costs: a feasibility study
- Authors:
- BARDSLEY Martin, et al
- Publisher:
- Nuffield Trust
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Pagination:
- 81p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This report describes a study that explored whether statistical models can be used to predict an individual person’s future need for intensive social care in the UK. The aim of the project was to obtain pseudonymous individual-level data from several primary care, secondary care and social care organisations; link collate and analyse these data at the individual level; and attempt to develop a statistical model to predict which individuals are at greatest risk of requiring intensive social care in the 12 months after prediction. Data was provided by 4 Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) and one care trust. The research shows how it is possible to link routine data from health and social care information systems in a way that protects individuals’ identities. The project showed that it is possible to construct predictive models for social care. How these models might fit into everyday working practice now needs investigating. The predictive accuracy of the models was comparable to some of the models used by the NHS to predict hospital admissions. The authors comment that linked person-level information has the potential to improve quality of care services, whether through improved identification of high-risk individuals, comparative performance measures, service evaluations or budget-setting. There is a need to ensure that the quality of information about social care services improves comparably to the recent improvement seen in the quality of data about individual health care use.
Direct payments in England: factors linked to variations in local provision
- Authors:
- FERNANDEZ Jose-Luis, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Policy, 36(1), January 2007, pp.97-121.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
- Place of publication:
- Cambridge
Direct payments have moved to the heart of the government's drive for increased user choice. At the same time, implementation has remained disappointing. This article explores the demand, supply and related factors associated with patterns of local variability in uptake and intensity of care package provision. Statistical analyses are conducted for key client groups – people with physical disabilities, older people, people with learning disabilities and people who use mental health services – using data for England from 2000–01 to 2002–03. The results suggest that direct payments variability reflects a complex array of factors, both within and beyond the control of local public actors. In particular, while local policy preferences appear to shape the extent of direct payments growth, the results also demonstrate that understanding levels of activity requires attention to local circumstances.
Conflicting interests
- Author:
- RICKFORD Frances
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 12.8.93, 1993, pp.12-13.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The closure of NHS facilities means there is now a severe shortage of day care places for adults. Users, carers and professionals alike hold mixed feelings on the services which should be provided.
Part of their lives: community care for older people with dementia
- Authors:
- MORIARTY Jo, WEBB Sarah
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 126p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Bristol
Combines a review of existing literature with statistical analyses, case examples and the direct voices of users and carers, providing information on the experiences of a group of people with dementia and their carers over an eighteen month period. Attempts to address the concerns of an increasing number of people committed to improving the quality of dementia care.