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What is happening to day centre services? Voices from frontline staff
- Authors:
- NEEDHAM Catherine, UNISON
- Publisher:
- University of Birmingham. Health Services Management Centre
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Pagination:
- 18p.
- Place of publication:
- Birmingham
Widespread closures of day centres, and a drastic hollowing out of those left behind, are taking a vital lifeline away from elderly and vulnerable people, according to findings from a UNISON survey conducted by the University of Birmingham's Health Services Management Centre. Evidence from UNISON members and activists in day centre services shows the cuts and closures are a false economy because day centres provide much needed respite for carers, as well as monitoring and improving the physical and mental health of users. Some 57% have seen day centres close down with services for elderly people hardest hit, followed by those for people with learning and physical disabilities. More than half said they are aware that more changes will be made in the future, as deeper cuts to social care budgets are made. Where day centres are not closing, two thirds say that restrictions are being placed on access to services. Some people are being told they can no longer visit a day centre at all, whilst in others, the hours that people can come are being drastically reduced. The report concludes that there is a need to continue to build a national picture of what is happening to day centre provision, and what issues staff and service users are experiencing in their localities. There is also a need to share examples of where positive alternatives and service improvements are emerging.
Nutrition in community settings: a pathway and resource pack for health and social care professionals, the third sector, care home staff, relatives and carers
- Author:
- WALES. Welsh Assembly Government
- Publisher:
- Wales. Welsh Assembly Government
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Pagination:
- 24p.
- Place of publication:
- Cardiff
Focusing on the importance of ensuring that vulnerable and frail adults (particularly older people) living in their own homes, or in other community settings such as care homes, eat well and healthily, the aim of this document is to improve standards of nutrition for people living in the community. It is in two parts. Part 1 contains a pathway showing the framework of advice and support available to people who either care for those living in community settings or whose professional work brings them into contact with people who may have eating difficulties. It includes a commentary with notes for the general public and community organisations, and for health care professionals. Part 2 contains a resource pack with publications, advice leaflets, links to other sources of information, sample risk classifications and care plan templates, designed to help people using the pathway to source information needed to manage situations effectively.
Safeguarding people with dementia: recognising adult abuse
- Author:
- PRITCHARD Jacki
- Publisher:
- Alzheimer's Society
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 23p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This booklet, produced by Alzheimer's Society and Action on Elder Abuse, is designed to help those who work with people with dementia become aware of the potential causes and signs of abuse. People with dementia can be particularly vulnerable to abuse and mistreatment for many reasons. Dementia can also make it harder to detect when abuse is taking place. The booklet provides guidance on action to be taken and where to go for support. Contents include chapters on: what is dementia; what is abuse; why are people with dementia vulnerable to abuse; how do we recognise abuse; what action should be taken; and where to go for support?
Bipolar disorder in later life
- Editors:
- SAJATOVIC Martha, BLOW Frederic C., (eds.)
- Publisher:
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 257p.
- Place of publication:
- Baltimore, MD
This comprehensive volume is the first to offer guidance to clinicians and researchers treating or studying bipolar disorder in older adults. Growing numbers of elderly people are affected by this serious mental illness. Presenting the most recent information, experts in the fields of bipolar disorder, geriatrics, and mental health services research cover late-life bipolar disorder in four major domains: epidemiology and assessment, treatment, complexity and comorbidity, and specialized care delivery. Revealing the effect of the aging process on the disease, they address diagnosis patterns over the life course, rating scales of assessment, pharmacologic and psychological therapies, adherence to treatment, effects of cultural factors, assessing the quality of care, and legal and ethical issues. An important tool for clinicians, this book will serve as a springboard for further research into this complex disorder.
UK study of abuse and neglect of older people: qualitative findings
- Authors:
- MOWLAM Alice, et al
- Publishers:
- Comic Relief, Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 90p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
This study was carried out by the National Centre for Social Research (NatCen) and King’s College London (KCL) and commissioned and co-funded by Comic Relief and the Department of Health. It presents findings of in-depth interviews with a selection of older people who have experienced abuse and mistreatment.
Rights and risk: a discussion document on civil liberty in old age
- Author:
- NORMAN Alison J
- Publisher:
- Centre for Policy on Ageing
- Publication year:
- 1987
- Pagination:
- 96p., tables, bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- London
Back to back: a report by the Elderly at Risk Project
- Authors:
- GRIFFIN Sandra, et al
- Publisher:
- Maidstone Health Authority
- Publication year:
- 1986
- Pagination:
- 284p.
- Place of publication:
- Maidstone
The law and vulnerable elderly people
- Author:
- AGE CONCERN ENGLAND
- Publisher:
- Age Concern
- Publication year:
- 1986
- Pagination:
- 144p., list of organisations,
- Place of publication:
- Mitcham
All Wales risk identification checklist (RIC) and quick start guidance for domestic abuse, stalking and 'honour'-based violence
- Author:
- OLDER PEOPLE'S COMMISSIONER FOR WALES
- Publisher:
- Older People's Commissioner for Wales
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Pagination:
- 8
- Place of publication:
- Cardiff
This checklist provides a consistent and simple tool for practitioners who work with adult victims of domestic abuse in order to help them identify those who are at high risk of harm and whose cases should be referred to a multi-agency risk assessment conference meeting in order to manage their risk. Domestic abuse can take many forms but it is usually perpetrated by men towards women in an intimate relationship such as boyfriend/girlfriend, husband/wife. This checklist can also be used for lesbian, gay, bisexual relationships and for situations of ‘honour’-based violence or family violence including abuse of the older person. Domestic abuse can include physical, emotional, mental, sexual or financial abuse as well as coercive control, stalking and harassment. The document includes notes to help understand the significance of the questions on the checklist. (Edited publisher abstract)
Supporting vulnerable people before and during a heatwave: advice for health and social care professionals
- Author:
- NORTHERN IRELAND. Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety
- Publisher:
- Northern Ireland. Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety
- Publication year:
- 2014
- Pagination:
- 110
- Place of publication:
- Belfast
This factsheet informs health and social care staff about the risks and dangers of a severe heatwave and helps them to plan what to do in advance. It offers advice both on caring for people most at risk during a heatwave, and on organising others who provide care. It outlines who is at risk, the effects of heat on health, reducing the risk before a heatwave and action to take during a heatwave. (Edited publisher abstract)