All Outputs (11)

Social care in older people's services-facilitating the flexible use of resources (2012)
Journal Article
Sutcliffe, C., Hughes, J., Xie, C., Chester, H., & Challis, D. (2012). Social care in older people's services-facilitating the flexible use of resources. Care Management Journals, 13(3), 100-107. https://doi.org/10.1891/1521-0987.13.3.100

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)
Journal Article
Wilberforce, M., Jacobs, S., Challis, D., Manthorpe, J., Stevens, M., Jasper, R., …Netten, A. (2014). Revisiting the Causes of Stress in Social Work: Sources of Job Demands, Control and Support in Personalised Adult Social Care. British Journal of Social Work, 44(4), 812-830. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcs166

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)
Journal Article
Abendstern, M., Hughes, J., Clarkson, P., Tucker, S., & Challis, D. (2014). Exploring the Contribution of Self-Assessment to Preventative Services in Social Care. British Journal of Social Work, 44(3), 729-746. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcs144

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)
Journal Article
Jones, K., Netten, A., Fernández, J. L., Knapp, M., Challis, D., Glendinning, C., …Wilberforce, M. (2012). The impact of individual budgets on the targeting of support: Findings from a national evaluation of pilot projects in England. Public Money and Management, 32(6), 417-424. https://doi.org/10.1080/09540962.2012.728781

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.

The Psychological Well-Being—Post-Traumatic Changes Questionnaire (PWB-PTCQ): Reliability and validity (2012)
Journal Article
Joseph, S., Maltby, J., Wood, A. M., Stockton, H., Hunt, N., & Regel, S. (2012). The Psychological Well-Being—Post-Traumatic Changes Questionnaire (PWB-PTCQ): Reliability and validity. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 4(4), 420-428. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0024740

The Psychological Well-Being Post-Traumatic Changes Questionnaire (PWB-PTCQ) is an 18 item self-report measure to assess perceived changes in psychological well-being following traumatic events. The aim was to test its psychometric properties. Across... Read More about The Psychological Well-Being—Post-Traumatic Changes Questionnaire (PWB-PTCQ): Reliability and validity.

Integrating the results of user research into medical device development: insights from a case study (2012)
Journal Article
Martin, J. L., & Barnett, J. (2012). Integrating the results of user research into medical device development: insights from a case study. BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, 12(1), Article 74. https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6947-12-74

Background: It is well established that considering users is an important aspect of medical device development. However it is also well established that there are numerous barriers to successfully conducting user research and integrating the results... Read More about Integrating the results of user research into medical device development: insights from a case study.

Second trimester serum tests for Down's Syndrome screening (2012)
Journal Article
Alldred, S. K., Deeks, J. J., Guo, B., Neilson, J. P., & Alfirevic, Z. (2012). Second trimester serum tests for Down's Syndrome screening. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD009925

Background Down's syndrome occurs when a person has three copies of chromosome 21 - or the specific area of chromosome 21 implicated in causing Down's syndrome - rather than two. It is the commonest congenital cause of mental retardation. Noninvas... Read More about Second trimester serum tests for Down's Syndrome screening.

Older people's experiences of cash-for-care schemes: evidence from the English Individual Budget pilot projects (2012)
Journal Article
Moran, N., Glendinning, C., Wilberforce, M., Stevens, M., Netten, A., Jones, K., …Jacobs, S. (2013). Older people's experiences of cash-for-care schemes: evidence from the English Individual Budget pilot projects. Ageing and Society, 33(5), 826-851. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0144686X12000244

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)
Journal Article
Xie, C., Hughes, J., Sutcliffe, C., Chester, H., & Challis, D. (2012). Promoting Personalization in Social Care Services for Older People. Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 55(3), 218-232. https://doi.org/10.1080/01634372.2011.639437

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)
Journal Article
Abendstern, M., Harrington, V., Brand, C., Tucker, S., Wilberforce, M., & Challis, D. (2012). Variations in structures, processes and outcomes of community mental health teams for older people: A systematic review of the literature. Aging and Mental Health, 16(7), 861-873. https://doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2011.651431

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)
Journal Article
Verbeek, H., Meyer, G., Leino-Kilpi, H., Zabalegui, A., Hallberg, I. R., Saks, K., …Hamers, J. P. (2012). A European study investigating patterns of transition from home care towards institutional dementia care: The protocol of a RightTimePlaceCare study. BMC Public Health, 12(1), Article 68. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-12-68

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.