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The assessment of older people's needs in care homes (2006)
Journal Article
Worden, A., Challis, D. J., & Pedersen, I. (2006). The assessment of older people's needs in care homes. Aging and Mental Health, 10(5), 549-557. https://doi.org/10.1080/13607860600637794

In many countries there is a concern to improve assessment procedures for older people to avoid misplacement in nursing homes and ensure that rehabilitation takes place where possible. The study examined assessment documentation in 126 care homes in... Read More about The assessment of older people's needs in care homes.

Performance indicators in social care for older people (2006)
Book
Challis, D., & Clarkson, P. (2006). Performance indicators in social care for older people. Taylor & Francis (Routledge). https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315247151

The growing focus on performance review and monitoring means that awareness and use of performance indicators has increased throughout a number of public services. Set within a national context, this book reviews the historical development and measur... Read More about Performance indicators in social care for older people.

Assessing care home quality using routine regulatory information (2006)
Journal Article
Worden, A., & Challis, D. (2006). Assessing care home quality using routine regulatory information. Quality in Ageing and Older Adults, 7(3), 33-44. https://doi.org/10.1108/14717794200600018

Quality is an essential criterion by which care homes for older people are judged. However the measurement of quality is both challenging and potentially costly. This paper examines the potential of using routinely generated data from inspection proc... Read More about Assessing care home quality using routine regulatory information.

Social work and care management (2005)
Book Chapter
Challis, D., Hughes, J., & Sutcliffe, C. (2005). Social work and care management. In A. Burns, J. O'Brien, & D. Ames (Eds.), Dementia (186-190). (Third edition). CRC Press

Poverty, caring and older age (2002)
Journal Article
Argyle, E. (2002). Poverty, caring and older age

Due to the high incidence of disability amongst their contemporaries, older people are likely to be involved in informal caring relationships. Due to the limited nature of post-retirement incomes, such carers are also likely to be relatively poor. In... Read More about Poverty, caring and older age.

Indices of heart rate variability and performance during a response-conflict task are differently associated with ADHD and autism (2002)
Journal Article
Bellato, A., Arora, I., Kochhar, P., Hollis, C., & Groom, M. J. (2002). Indices of heart rate variability and performance during a response-conflict task are differently associated with ADHD and autism. Journal of Attention Disorders, 26(3), 434-446. https://doi.org/10.1177/1087054720972793

Objective. We investigated autonomic arousal, attention and response conflict, in ADHD and autism. Method. Heart rate variability (HRV), and behavioural and electrophysiological indices of performance, were recorded during a task with low and hig... Read More about Indices of heart rate variability and performance during a response-conflict task are differently associated with ADHD and autism.