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Community care in Taiwan: mere talk, no policy
- Authors:
- CHOU Yueh-Ching, KROGER Teppo
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work in Mental Health, 2(2/3), 2004, pp.139-155.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
This article explores the policy definitions and the funder roles of central and local governments in community care in Taiwan. The notion of community care has been adopted in Taiwan following the model of Hong Kong but the main question of the article is whether this has resulted in actual service provisions at the community level, forming an alternative to institutional care. The data has been collected from several sources: policy documents, official statistics, surveys, general reports, funding provision reports, and empirical studies. The results show that neither central nor local authorities are seriously involved in caring for elderly people or persons with disabilities in Taiwan's communities. In Taiwan, community care for these groups of people still means, in practice, informal care provided by female family members without any support from public policies. (Copies of this article are available from: Haworth Document Delivery Centre, Haworth Press Inc., 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580)
Outcomes in social care practice: outcomes in community care practice; number seven
- Editors:
- QURESHI Hazel, (ed.)
- Publisher:
- University of York. Social Policy Research Unit
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 213p.,tables,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- York
The final report of a research project investigating practical ways in which a focus on the results of services could be used to improve social care for older people and disabled people. It describes five practical projects, each investigating a different approach to improving services through a focus on outcomes. Each project was undertaken by a social services department working jointly with SPRU.
Community care: a question of rights
- Editors:
- HARDING Tessa, ROBINSON Janice
- Publisher:
- National Institute for Social Work/King's Fund
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 8p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Short paper from a debate on the rights of disabled people to community care services.
A study of 10 states since passage of the National Family Caregiver Support Program: policies, perceptions, and program development
- Authors:
- FEINBERG Lynn Friss, NEWMAN Sandra L.
- Journal article citation:
- Gerontologist, 44(6), December 2004, pp.760-769.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Describes the preliminary experiences of 10 US states in providing support services to family or informal caregivers of elderly adults and adults with disabilities, focusing on the newly created National Family Caregiver Support Program, state general funds, Medicaid-waiver programs, and other state-funding streams. Case studies were conducted in March-July 2002 through in-person interviews with state officials and stakeholders in Alabama, California, Florida, Hawaii, Indiana, Iowa, Maine, Pennsylvania, Texas and Washington. States were in the start-up phase of implementing the Program and varied greatly in programme design and integration of caregiver support into their home- and community-based care system. Viewing family caregivers as a client population was a paradigm shift for many state officials. Heavy reliance is currently placed on family and informal caregivers in home- and community-based care, without adequate support services. Family support should be an explicit goal of long-term-care system reform.
Rehabilitation: an old concept in a new policy context
- Author:
- ROBINSON Janice
- Journal article citation:
- Managing Community Care, 6(3), June 1998, pp.103-106.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
Discusses how inadequate opportunities for rehabilitation have resulted in a distorted system of care and public disquiet about the impact on vulnerable older people and their families. Investment in rehabilitation offers a way out of a vicious circle of increasing demands for care and escalating expenditure. Argues that the system of health and social care needs to be re-shaped to enable older people to regain the independence so often impaired after illness or injury. Health and local authorities face a daunting challenge, but suggests they will make progress if they follow the five-point plan in this article.
Splitting the difference: a consultation paper on the purchaser/provider split in the home care service
- Author:
- BRANSBURY Lynda
- Publisher:
- Local Government Information Unit
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 28p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Consultation paper offering an overview of the purchaser provider split in the home care service.
The absolute limit
- Author:
- IVORY Mark
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 25.3.93, 1993, pp.20-21.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Implementation 12: Expresses the fears that care managers may face the dilemma of having to direct elderly people and people with learning difficulties into residential care or a nursing home because they cannot afford to keep them in their own-homes.
New directions in community care: a Labour Party discussion document
- Author:
- HINCHLIFFE David
- Publisher:
- Labour Party
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 7p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Document which aims to identify and encourage the development and expansion of new models of care which offer greater choice and wider opportunities for people who wish to remain in independent or semi-independent living.
Please ring for service
- Authors:
- THORNTON Patricia, MOUNTAIN Gail
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 11.6.92, 1992, pp.20-21.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Describes research which shows that new approaches to community alarm systems can be used as a means of helping elderly people to live independently.
The Personal Care Scheme in Hounslow: an evaluation
- Author:
- CROWTHER J.
- Journal article citation:
- Social Services Research, 4, 1987, pp.22-28.
- Publisher:
- Social Services Research Group
Reports on an innovative scheme in Hounslow which recruits carers for specific clients with disabilities to provide help with daily living activities.