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Effective involvement of older people in service planning
- Author:
- RESEARCH IN PRACTICE FOR ADULTS
- Publisher:
- Research in Practice for Adults
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Place of publication:
- Dartington
This Evidence Cluster focuses on the involvement of older people in the planning and development of social care services at a local level. It examines the evidence as to whether this has an impact on how services are delivered. Key factors to be considered when involving older people in service planning are highlighted. National initiatives are not discussed, and papers published prior to 1997 are not included.
Dignity in care
- Author:
- SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE
- Publisher:
- Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2020
- Place of publication:
- London
This practical guide helps to define dignity in care, as well as how best to implement it. Care with dignity is a central part of quality in care work – it supports the self-respect of the person, recognising their capacities and ambitions, and does nothing to undermine it; and it values what they can do, who they are, and the life they have lived. The guide is aimed at care providers, managers and staff who work with adults – especially older adults. It defines the meaning of real everyday dignity to the lives of people receiving social care, their carers, families and friends, as well as the managers and staff who provide it. Topics discussed include: defining dignity; recognising the individual; skills and strengths; communication; freedom to choose; privacy; involvement and inclusion; warmth and kindness; a dignified life; and a dignified death. Throughout the guide, the links between dignity and key policy issues, including Care Quality Commission (CQC) regulations, are highlighted. (Edited publisher abstract)
Older people and quality of life: better life in residential care
- Author:
- SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE
- Publisher:
- Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2014
- Pagination:
- 4 minutes 11 seconds
- Place of publication:
- London
This video shows older people with high support needs who live in a care home. They talk about what is important in their lives and how they like to be treated. It is based around the Joseph Rowntree Foundation's (JRF) A Better Life programme, and attempts to convey a set of key messages for practitioners. These include: seeing and treating older people with high support needs as individuals and helping them to do the things they want to do; building positive relationships with the people practitioners work with; looking for the strengths and assets each person has and supporting them to play an active role in the development and provision of services; and being open to doing things in new ways. This resource is aimed at anyone involved in providing services to older people with high support needs – commissioners, managers, social workers, care workers and educators – and older people with high support needs and their families and carers. (Edited publisher abstract)
SCIE research briefing 12: involving individual older patients and their carers in the discharge process from acute to community care: implications for intermediate care
- Author:
- SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE
- Publisher:
- Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Place of publication:
- London
This web-based briefing provides a concise summary of the research and policy literature into the means, benefits and difficulties of involving patients in the planning of discharge to community or intermediate care. It also considers the role of carers in this process, as well as what happens when an older person’s ability to communicate their preferences in these matters is affected by dementia, language difficulties, or an unwillingness or reluctance to express preferences about the provision of care. The briefing also examines policy and research findings on older people’s involvement in discharge planning more generally. The briefing was commissioned by the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE).
bespoken
- Publisher:
- Blackwood Foundation
A social media website dedicated to building a community that aims to include disabled people in the design of everyday household products to support independent living. The website lets disabled and older people share their insights, tips, frustrations, ideas and expertise about design and technology and how it affects independence. The aim is to support people to live independently and to get the most out of life. The site includes a number of discussion forums. an area for posting events and a chat room.
See change: a resource pack for commissioners and service providers to help them in implementing the National Service Framework for Older people
- Author:
- ROYAL NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR THE BLIND
- Publisher:
- Royal National Institute for the Blind
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 43p., 2 CD ROMs
- Place of publication:
- London
This resource pack seeks to raise awareness about the prevalence of sight problems among people over the age of sixty. It focuses on the support older visually impaired people need to maintain their independence and that resources are directed to addressing key issues in a timely and cost effective manner.
Older people and quality of life: better life in the community
- Author:
- SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE
- Publisher:
- Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2014
- Pagination:
- 4 minutes 20 seconds
- Place of publication:
- London
This video shows older people with high support needs who live in the community. They talk about what is important in their lives and how they like to be treated. It is based around the Joseph Rowntree Foundation's A Better Life programme, and attempts to convey a set of key messages for practitioners. These include: seeing and treating older people with high support needs as individuals and helping them to do the things they want to do; building positive relationships with the people practitioners work with; looking for the strengths and assets each person has and supporting them to play an active role in the development and provision of services; and being open to doing things in new ways. This resource is aimed at anyone involved in providing services to older people with high support needs – commissioners, managers, social workers, care workers and educators – and older people with high support needs and their families and carers. (Edited publisher abstract)
ENRICH (Enabling Research in Care Homes)
- Publisher:
- Dementia and Neurodegenerative Diseases Research Network (DeNDRoN)
A simple, practical guide for researchers, care home staff, residents and carers, which provides information and advice on carrying out and participating in research in care homes. Separate sections provide advice and guidance to: researchers on how to prepare and carry out research in care homes; for care home staff on what it means to support research in a care home; and for residents, carers and families on the role they can play in supporting research. Tools, case studies and a list of useful links and resources are included The resource has been developed by the Dementia and Neurodegenerative Diseases Research Network (DeNDRoN) and draws on work from the NIHR School for Social Care Research (SSCR).
Being there
- Authors:
- PARKINSON'S DISEASE SOCIETY, (Producer)
- Publisher:
- Parkinson's Disease Society
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- DVD, booklet
- Place of publication:
- London
The Parkinson's Disease Society has produced a DVD, Being There, which aims to answer the questions and concerns of people newly diagnosed with the condition. Being There provides an insight into symptoms, treatments and life with Parkinson's in general, and includes interviews with people with Parkinson's, carers, and expert healthcare professionals The DVD is divided into four chapters: introduction to Parkinson's disease; treating Parkinson's; living with Parkinson's; and about the Parkinson's Disease Society.