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Evaluating consumer satisfaction in residential continuing care settings
- Authors:
- MORAN Lori, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Aging and Social Policy, 14(2), 2002, pp.85-109.
- Publisher:
- Routledge
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Reports on a client-centered consumer satisfaction questionnaire designed to evaluate new models of residential continuing care in Alberta, Canada. Satisfaction is defined as a multi-dimensional construct that is grounded in the consumer’s experience. Consultation with the clients of the services during development of the instrument ensured that characteristics important to the clients were assessed. The result is an instrument with which to measure satisfaction that is fully client-centered and that, with appropriate modifications, can be used to monitor any client-centered program for cognitively-able continuing care clients.
Age-old problems
- Authors:
- SCHARF Thomas, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 31.10.02, 2002, pp.34-35.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Reports on a survey of older people living in Manchester, Liverpool and east London which found poverty and ignorance of the benefits available. Discusses how older people cope with poverty and how raising pensions would help local communities.
Research into practice
- Author:
- FOSKETT Andy
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 1.8.02, 2002, p.49.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Looks at research into the implementation of 'No Secrets', the government guidance on the protection of vulnerable adults.
National elder abuse questionnaire: summary of adult protective service investigator responses
- Authors:
- JOGERST Gerald, DALY Jeannette, INGRAM Jerry
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect, 13(4), 2002, pp.59-71.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
The purpose of this paper is to characterize investigative structures and investigator characteristics for each APS office in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Through mailed questionnaires and follow-up telephone calls, 1,409 questionnaires were completed for a return rate of 80%. The mean age of respondents was 46.4 years and ninety-nine percent of the respondents worked full-time and has been in his or her current position for an average of nine years. Half of the respondents reported using abuse screen or risk factor instruments when investigating an alleged elder abuse report. Seventy-three percent reported that they investigate only adult and elder allegations. Sixty percent of the respondents reported that a formal training programme for elder abuse evaluations was in place for employees with an average length of two to four days. Sixty-nine percent of the investigators consider an elder to be “better off” most of the time following intervention, and that this improved status was a direct result of the resources provided. Nearly three-fourths of investigators reported that elder abuse was under reported in their area. Those on the front lines, the APS investigators, provide valuable insights regarding the systems in which they work. (Copies of this article are available from: Haworth Document Delivery Centre, Haworth Press Inc., 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580).
Tackling older people's fear of crime: a report by the Help the Aged policy team
- Author:
- HELP THE AGED
- Publisher:
- Help the Aged
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 36p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Fear of crime can prevent older people leading fulfilled and independent lives, forcing many into isolation, prisoners in their own homes. In this publication, Help the Aged proposes a 10-point action plan for practitioners aimed at reducing both crime and the fear of crime.
Predictors of life satisfaction in frail elderly
- Authors:
- ABU-BADER Soleman H., ROGERS Anissa, BARUSCH Amanda S.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 38(2), 2002, pp.3-17.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
This study examined the relationship between life satisfaction and physical status, emotional health, social support and locus of control in the frail elderly. Analysis identified four significant predictors of life satisfaction: Perceived physical health, social support, emotional balance, and locus of control. Physical health emerged as the most significant predictor of life satisfaction accounting for 14% of the variance. Social support, emotional balance and locus of control each accounted for an additional 6%of the variance in life satisfaction.
You're not alone: dementia awareness in Scotland
- Author:
- ALZHEIMER SCOTLAND-ACTION ON DEMENTIA
- Publisher:
- Alzheimer Scotland
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 28p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
This report examines the findings of the first public opinion poll to be conducted in Scotland on the extent of public knowledge about dementia. A thousand adults, were interviewed. The survey covered: attitudes towards people with dementia; personal worries about developing the illness; views on what help is available; and the level of confidence in health and community care services for people with dementia.
Implementation of the national service framework and intermediate care seen from geriatricians' and older people's perspectives: results of two national surveys; reasons for optimism, reasons for concern
- Authors:
- AGE CONCERN, BRITISH GERIATRICS SOCIETY
- Publishers:
- Age Concern, British Geriatrics Society
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 5p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Both organisational authors were concerned to find that a significant number of hospital beds previously used for acute or rehabilitation care had been switched to intermediate care. Local intermediate care services appear to remain fragmented. On the medical side there is significant lack of specialist input into clinical management. The significant increase in workload generated by the National Service Framework (NSF) for Older People may not be sustainable without further resources.
Dementia in Fermanagh Northern Ireland
- Author:
- GILMOUR Helen
- Publisher:
- Sperrin Lakeland Health and Social Care Trust/Alzheimer's Society
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 65p.,tables.
- Place of publication:
- Enniskillen
This survey demonstrates the value of collecting and collating local data on dementia with the help of carers and local professionals. The project addresses the lack of social research regarding people with dementia and has a specific focus on those living in a rural environment.
Health, age, and gender: how do women with intellectual disabilities fare?
- Author:
- ANDERSON Deborah J.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 38(1/2), 2002, pp.137-159.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
The 1994-1995 Disability Supplement to the National Health Interview Survey (administeredto a representative sample of the U.S. population) was analyzed for women age 30 and older with intellectual disabilities (ID), developmental disabilities (DD) or both, in order to describe their functioning as they aged in the community. Definitions of ID and DD consistent with professional and legal standards were developedand adapted to the NHIS-D questions. An estimated .56% of the approximately 77 million civilian, noninstitutionalized, women age 30 and older in the United States have one of these disabilities. Compared with women in general,women with these disabilities had negative perceptions of their health status, particularlywomen with DD and health indicators tended to support their perceptions. Most were independent in activities of daily living , but instrumental activities of daily living posed more of a callenge, and limitations in major activities were common as was a high rate of distress and psychosocial difficulties.