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A report on meetings held to obtain the views of older people in West Suffolk on the provision of services
- Author:
- WEST SUFFOLK JOINT CARE PURCHASING TEAM. Joint Strategy Group for Older People
- Publisher:
- West Suffolk Joint Care Purchasing Team
- Publication year:
- 1992
- Pagination:
- 21p.,tables.
- Place of publication:
- Ipswich
Before and after effects
- Author:
- SIDDIQUI Salma
- Journal article citation:
- Care Weekly, 16.7.92, 1992, p.10.
Reports on research into the impact care has on quality of life in residential homes for elderly people based on residents' own reports.
How do you feel: an examination of the feelings of elderly people needing care and an attempt to provide criteria for responsive provision
- Author:
- LOWDEN Christine
- Publisher:
- Social Care Association
- Publication year:
- 1992
- Pagination:
- 65p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Surbiton
Hobson's choice
- Author:
- EDWARDS Nick
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work Today, 30.4.92, 1992, p.12.
- Publisher:
- British Association of Social Workers
Reports on the publication of a Policy Studies Institute survey into elderly people's views on social services, their satisfaction, and complaints.
Leaving hospital: elderly people and their discharge to community care
- Authors:
- NEILL June, WILLIAMS Jenny
- Publisher:
- HMSO/National Institute for Social Work
- Publication year:
- 1992
- Pagination:
- 179p.,tables,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Describes the experiences of a small group of people aged 75 years and over, during the time of their discharge from hospital and their first few weeks at home. Contains views and suggestions from the elderly people themselves, their carers and from the home help organisers and home helps who were in touch with them. The study underlines some of the communication problems between hospital and community care services. Implications for policy and practice are outlined.
User panel project: seminar report Silverburn 16 November 1992
- Author:
- AGE CONCERN SCOTLAND
- Publisher:
- Age Concern
- Publication year:
- 1992
- Pagination:
- 24p.
- Place of publication:
- Kirkcaldy
Seminar report on a project which aims to establish panels of older people who are community care service users and potential users.
Positive choice or last resort?: older people's perceptions of residential care
- Author:
- McPHERSON Sarah
- Publisher:
- Social Care Association/University of Warwick
- Publication year:
- 1992
- Pagination:
- 95p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Surbiton
Study based on fieldwork carried out in 3 local authority residential homes. Focuses on finding out how much control and choice the residents have over certain areas of their lives.
Swept under the carpet: a review of domestic services for older people in London
- Author:
- COLLYER Marilyn
- Publisher:
- Age Concern
- Publication year:
- 1992
- Pagination:
- 28p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Report aimed at raising awareness of the decline in essential domestic services for older people in London. Written from the point of view of a range of older people with differing needs.
User views on services for older people in Wigton
- Author:
- EAST CUMBRIA COMMUNITY HEALTH COUNCIL
- Publisher:
- East Cumbria Community Health Council
- Publication year:
- 1992
- Pagination:
- 30p.
- Place of publication:
- Carlisle
Details how East Cumbria Community Health Council set about consulting older users of their services. Looks at how the exercise was carried out and details the results.
Regular respite: an evaluation of a hospital rota bed scheme for elderly people
- Authors:
- NOLAN Michael, GRANT Gordon
- Publisher:
- Age Concern
- Publication year:
- 1992
- Pagination:
- 310p.,tables.
- Place of publication:
- London
Reports on an evaluation study of hospital respite care provided on continuing care wards in a part of North Wales. Looks at the service from the perspectives of the recipients, carers and the staff providing it. Contains 2 new measurement indices for use in research about carers, and provides practical ideas for those involved in the provision of respite care.