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'I feel safe and supported to gain new skills'
- Author:
- -
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 14.06.07, 2007, p.30.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
This article reports on the views of vulnerable adults on living in an adult placement scheme home in Worcestershire and also hears from a manager whose adult placement scheme is helping spread good practice.
Developing an outcome measurement tool for Shared Lives
- Authors:
- CALLAGHAN Lisa, BROOKES Nadia, PALMER Sinead
- Publishers:
- University of Kent. Personal Social Services Research Unit, London School of Economics and Political Science. Personal Social Services Research Unit
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Pagination:
- 41
- Place of publication:
- Canterbury
The Personal Social Services Research Unit at the University of Kent were commissioned by Shared Lives Plus to develop an outcome measuring tool to more easily demonstrate the benefits of Shared Lives locally, regionally and nationally. The tool needed to be easy to use as part of current processes, co-produced with Shared Lives users, carers and schemes and evidence-based. This paper discusses the development process, piloting and feedback from the pilot. The development process included two main elements a review of the literature and consultation with stakeholders. The literature review covered: outcome measurement tools for measuring quality of life and wellbeing; measurement; and literature on Shared Lives in order to decide how best to measure the impact of the practice. Consultation involved scheme managers, practitioners, carers and users of Shared Lives services in six Shared Lives schemes. The consultation discussed practicalities of collecting outcomes information and the outcomes what were most relevant. The draft tool contained questions linked to six areas of outcome: Family and personal relationships; Involvement in the local community; Occupation and participation; Control over daily life; Physical wellbeing; and Emotional wellbeing. Following feedback, changes were made to the original tool. The final version is now being used by Shared Lives Plus. (Edited publisher abstract)
CSCI quality ratings: market research report
- Author:
- COMMISSION FOR SOCIAL CARE INSPECTION
- Publisher:
- Commission for Social Care Inspection
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 53p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This research, carried out by the market research organisation Continental Research, examined whether and to what extent quality ratings featured as a factor in decision making about care services. The research also looked at a range of other factors people took into account when choosing services, including the Commission for Social Care Inspection's website and inspection reports. The sample included people who had chosen domiciliary, residential care, or shared lives services and service commissioners in councils. Results found that quality ratings had the strongest impact on commissioners of care services. People who use services and their families also felt that quality ratings were a good idea and a helpful factor in decision-making.
Service profile: adult placement scheme
- Author:
- LEICESTERSHIRE. Social Services Department
- Publisher:
- Leicestershire. Social Services Department
- Publication year:
- 1990
- Pagination:
- 20p.,tables,diags.
- Place of publication:
- Leicester
Evaluation of a scheme for elderly, mentally handicapped and other vulnerable adults, providing both short and long term placements. Looks at funding, procedures, characteristics of service users, and views of carers and clients.
Sexual incidents in adults social care: evidence review briefing
- Authors:
- STEVENS Sharon, FISH Sheila, LUFF Rebekah
- Publisher:
- Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2022
- Pagination:
- 10
- Place of publication:
- London
The briefing is a summary of a full evidence review about the scale and nature of sexual abuse in adult social care settings. The review looked at statutory notifications data received by the Care Quality Commission; a review of the literature focusing on literature published since 2010; and National Safeguarding Adults Reviews data. The review considered seven key questions: What is the incidence/prevalence of sexual abuse in adult social care settings in the UK?; How is sexual abuse defined in the studies and in the sector?; Which groups of people are most at risk of being affected by sexual abuse in adult social care settings?; What knowledge do we have about the perpetrators of sexual incidents?; What knowledge do we have about the contributing factors which allow abuse to happen in social care settings?; What do we know about how adult social care settings try to prevent or respond to sexual abuse?; and What are the gaps in existing evidence? Recommendations are made under three themes: data and evidence gaps and how these could be addressed; and training and development for staff and people drawing on services. (Edited publisher abstract)
The state of adult social care services 2014 to 2017: findings from CQC's initial programme of comprehensive inspections in adult social care
- Author:
- CARE QUALITY COMMISSION
- Publisher:
- Care Quality Commission
- Publication year:
- 2017
- Pagination:
- 52
- Place of publication:
- Newcastle upon Tyne
This report looks at the quality of care across adult social care services regulated in England by the Care Quality Commission. It draws on more than 33,000 inspections of approximately 24,000 different services, including residential homes, nursing homes, care in people’s own homes, Shared Lives schemes and supported living services inspected during the period October 2014 and February 2017. The inspections rate services as either: Outstanding, Good, Requires Improvement or Inadequate across the five key questions: whether they're safe, effective, caring and well-led. Services area also given an overall rating. The report summarises key findings from the inspections; highlights the features of high-quality care identified in inspections, focusing leadership, culture and person-centred care; looks at characteristics that can lead to poor-quality care and how the CQC use their enforcement powers to improve services; and examines how successful services have been in improving the quality of their care following inspections. It illustrates the quantitative findings from the CQC ratings database with qualitative information and examples from a sample of inspection reports. The results show that that almost four out of five adult social care services are rated as good or outstanding overall. However, approximately one quarter of services required improvement or were inadequate in the areas of ‘safe’ and ‘well-led’. In relation to types of services community social care services were rated the best overall, whereas nursing homes remain the biggest concern. (Edited publisher abstract)