All Outputs (181)

Deterioration of basic activities of daily living and their impact on quality of life across different cognitive stages of dementia: A European study (2014)
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Background: Performing basic activities of daily living (ADLs) is one of the major difficulties encountered in dementia, which can have considerable negative impacts on the quality of life (QoL) of people with dementia (PwD). However, the extent to w... Read More about Deterioration of basic activities of daily living and their impact on quality of life across different cognitive stages of dementia: A European study.

People with dementia and carers’ experiences of dementia care and services: Outcomes of a focus group study (2013)
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© 2013, The Author(s) 2013. An ageing population and an associated increase in the prevalence of dementia are of increasing concern in the United Kingdom and worldwide. Recently, the United Kingdom and other European countries implemented national de... Read More about People with dementia and carers’ experiences of dementia care and services: Outcomes of a focus group study.

Cost effectiveness of pilot self-assessment sites in community care services in England (2013)
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Objective Self-assessment has been advocated in community care but little is known of its cost effectiveness in practice. We evaluated cost effectiveness of pilot self-assessment approaches. Methods Data were collected from 13 pilot projects in Engla... Read More about Cost effectiveness of pilot self-assessment sites in community care services in England.

All things to all people? The provision of outreach by community mental health teams for older people in England: findings from a national survey (2013)
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Objective The objective of this study is to identify the extent of outreach activity community mental health teams (CMHTs) for older people provide to mainstream services in light of the recommendations of the National Dementia Strategy. In particula... Read More about All things to all people? The provision of outreach by community mental health teams for older people in England: findings from a national survey.

Membership and management: structures of inter-professional working in community mental health teams for older people in England (2013)
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ABSTRACT Background: Community mental health services are regarded as the preferred first tier of specialist psychogeriatric support, with integrated multidisciplinary teams believed to offer improved decision-making and greater continuity of care th... Read More about Membership and management: structures of inter-professional working in community mental health teams for older people in England.

An examination of factors influencing delayed discharge of older people from hospital (2013)
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Objective This study aimed to investigate the factors associated with the delayed discharge of older people from hospital and their length of stay (LOS). Methods Data were collected retrospectively from inpatient records and adult social care service... Read More about An examination of factors influencing delayed discharge of older people from hospital.

Providing activity for people with dementia in care homes: A cluster randomised controlled trial (2013)
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Background: Activity levels remain low in care homes, but activity engagement can enhance residents' quality of life. Aim: This study aimed to assess an occupational therapy programme designed to enable care home staff to increase activity provision.... Read More about Providing activity for people with dementia in care homes: A cluster randomised controlled trial.

Exploring the role of independent organisations in care coordination for older people in England (2013)
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The balance of care approach to health and social care planning: Lessons from a systematic literature review (2013)
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The strategic allocation of resources is one the most difficult tasks facing health and social care decision makers, with multiple organisations delivering complex services to heterogeneous populations. The enduring appeal of the balance of care appr... Read More about The balance of care approach to health and social care planning: Lessons from a systematic literature review.

Commissioning social care for older people: Influencing the quality of direct care (2013)
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The delivery of personalised support to vulnerable older people is largely contingent on those staff who provide direct care. These care workers play an invaluable role in supporting vulnerable older people that may have increasingly complex needs ei... Read More about Commissioning social care for older people: Influencing the quality of direct care.

Social care in older people's services-facilitating the flexible use of resources (2012)
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Personal budgets in social care are a mechanism for the allocation of resources for care that permits users' greater choice and flexibility. This study was designed to explore developments in care coordination arrangements by examining the flexible u... Read More about Social care in older people's services-facilitating the flexible use of resources.

Revisiting the Causes of Stress in Social Work: Sources of Job Demands, Control and Support in Personalised Adult Social Care (2012)
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Social workers in adult social care are at particular risk of job-related stress, although the contribution of different organisational and policy changes to this phenomenon is subject to debate. This paper explores a theoretical framework from the o... Read More about Revisiting the Causes of Stress in Social Work: Sources of Job Demands, Control and Support in Personalised Adult Social Care.

Exploring the Contribution of Self-Assessment to Preventative Services in Social Care (2012)
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Prevention, comprising services that seek to delay deterioration of existing conditions and circumstances or prevent their occurrence by early access to support, is recognised as having an important role in adult social care. The gateway to social ca... Read More about Exploring the Contribution of Self-Assessment to Preventative Services in Social Care.

The impact of individual budgets on the targeting of support: Findings from a national evaluation of pilot projects in England (2012)
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Individual or personal budgets are part of a growing international trend to encourage greater choice and control over social care services at a time of financial austerity. The authors' evaluation of individual budgets found that levels of allocated... Read More about The impact of individual budgets on the targeting of support: Findings from a national evaluation of pilot projects in England.

Older people's experiences of cash-for-care schemes: evidence from the English Individual Budget pilot projects (2012)
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Cash-for-care schemes offering cash payments in place of conventional social services are becoming commonplace in developed welfare states; however, there is little evidence about the impact of such schemes on older people. This paper reports on the... Read More about Older people's experiences of cash-for-care schemes: evidence from the English Individual Budget pilot projects.

Promoting Personalization in Social Care Services for Older People (2012)
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This article presents findings on 4 themes associated with the personalization of social care for older people: integration of health and social care services; initiatives that prevent the need for more costly interventions; services to maintain peop... Read More about Promoting Personalization in Social Care Services for Older People.

Variations in structures, processes and outcomes of community mental health teams for older people: A systematic review of the literature (2012)
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Objectives: In the UK and elsewhere, specialist community mental health teams (CMHTs) are central to the provision of comprehensive services for older people with mental ill health. Recent guidance documents suggest a core set of attributes that such... Read More about Variations in structures, processes and outcomes of community mental health teams for older people: A systematic review of the literature.

A European study investigating patterns of transition from home care towards institutional dementia care: The protocol of a RightTimePlaceCare study (2012)
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Background: Health care policies in many countries aim to enable people with dementia to live in their own homes as long as possible. However, at some point during the disease the needs of a significant number of people with dementia cannot be approp... Read More about A European study investigating patterns of transition from home care towards institutional dementia care: The protocol of a RightTimePlaceCare study.

Self-assessment processes within care management: Learning from pilot projects (2011)
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• Summary: Self-assessment is one of a range of new practices within adult social care, aimed at increasing the choices available to service users in relation to both the assessment process and the way services are delivered. By analysing the results... Read More about Self-assessment processes within care management: Learning from pilot projects.

Towards understanding variations in social care for older people in england (2011)
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Indicators of the public provision of old age social care are routinely recorded in England and have been used for diverse purposes including performance monitoring. Despite long-term policy guidance promoting more homogeneous service provision, larg... Read More about Towards understanding variations in social care for older people in england.