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Dementia Early-Stage Cognitive Aids New Trial (DESCANT) of memory aids and guidance for people with dementia: randomised controlled trial (2021)
Journal Article
Clarkson, P., Pitts, R., Islam, S., Peconi, J., Russell, I., Fegan, G., …Robinson, C. (2022). Dementia Early-Stage Cognitive Aids New Trial (DESCANT) of memory aids and guidance for people with dementia: randomised controlled trial. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, 93(9), 1001-1009. https://doi.org/10.1136/jnnp-2021-326748

BACKGROUND: Common memory aids for people with dementia at home are recommended. However, rigorous evaluation is lacking, particularly what guidance or support is valued. OBJECTIVE: To investigate effects of memory aids and guidance by dementia suppo... Read More about Dementia Early-Stage Cognitive Aids New Trial (DESCANT) of memory aids and guidance for people with dementia: randomised controlled trial.

Hospital admissions and place of death of residents of care homes receiving specialist healthcare services: A systematic review without meta‐analysis (2021)
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Buck, D., Tucker, S., Roe, B., Hughes, J., & Challis, D. (2022). Hospital admissions and place of death of residents of care homes receiving specialist healthcare services: A systematic review without meta‐analysis. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 78(3), 666-697. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.15043

Aim: To synthesize evidence on the ability of specialist care home support services to prevent hospital admission of older care home residents, including at end of life. Design: Systematic review, without meta-analysis, with vote counting base... Read More about Hospital admissions and place of death of residents of care homes receiving specialist healthcare services: A systematic review without meta‐analysis.

Delivering personalised home care for people with dementia: an investigation of care providers' roles and responsibilities (2021)
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Sutcliffe, C., Davies, K., Ahmed, S., Hughes, J., & Challis, D. (2021). Delivering personalised home care for people with dementia: an investigation of care providers' roles and responsibilities. Journal of Long-Term Care, 2021, 58-69. https://doi.org/10.31389/jltc.35

Context: Home care agencies are a critical part of the social care system in England, however little is known of how they perceive their role in delivering personalised care or their approach to supporting people with dementia. Objectives: To inves... Read More about Delivering personalised home care for people with dementia: an investigation of care providers' roles and responsibilities.

Understanding Resource Allocation Processes in Social Care for Frail Older People: Lessons from a National Survey (2021)
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Stewart, K., Hughes, J., Challis, D., Worden, A., Davies, S., Xie, C., …Gibson, A. (2021). Understanding Resource Allocation Processes in Social Care for Frail Older People: Lessons from a National Survey. Journal of Long-Term Care, 2021, 43-57. https://doi.org/10.31389/jltc.21

Context: Traditionally local authorities in England allocated resources in social care following a professional assessment of need and a costed care plan. With the introduction of personal budgets, resource allocation tools have been used to provide... Read More about Understanding Resource Allocation Processes in Social Care for Frail Older People: Lessons from a National Survey.

The social worker in community mental health teams: Findings from a national survey (2021)
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Abendstern, M., Wilberforce, M., Hughes, J., Arandelovic, A., Batool, S., Boland, J., …Challis, D. (2022). The social worker in community mental health teams: Findings from a national survey. Journal of Social Work, 22(1), 4-25. https://doi.org/10.1177/1468017320979932

Social workers have been members of community mental health teams for many years. However a combination of factors have resulted in their removal from CMHTs in some areas in recent years. This study presents findings from a national survey of CMHT te... Read More about The social worker in community mental health teams: Findings from a national survey.

Implementing the Dementia Early Stage Cognitive Aids New Trial (DESCANT) intervention: mixed-method process evaluation alongside a pragmatic randomised trial Aging and Mental Health (2021)
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Chester, H., Beresford, R., Clarkson, P., Entwistle, C., Gillan, V., Hughes, J., …Challis, D. (2022). Implementing the Dementia Early Stage Cognitive Aids New Trial (DESCANT) intervention: mixed-method process evaluation alongside a pragmatic randomised trial Aging and Mental Health. Aging and Mental Health, 26(4), 667-678. https://doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2020.1870204

Objectives: The DESCANT (Dementia Early Stage Cognitive Aids New Trial) intervention provided a personalised care package designed to improve the cognitive abilities, function and well-being of people with early-stage dementia and their carers, by pr... Read More about Implementing the Dementia Early Stage Cognitive Aids New Trial (DESCANT) intervention: mixed-method process evaluation alongside a pragmatic randomised trial Aging and Mental Health.

Implementing the Dementia Early Stage Cognitive Aids New Trial (DESCANT) intervention: mixed-method process evaluation alongside a pragmatic randomised trial (2021)
Journal Article
Chester, H., Beresford, R., Clarkson, P., Entwistle, C., Gillan, V., Hughes, J., …Members of the HoSt-D (Home Support in Dementia) Programme Management Group. (2022). Implementing the Dementia Early Stage Cognitive Aids New Trial (DESCANT) intervention: mixed-method process evaluation alongside a pragmatic randomised trial. Aging and Mental Health, 26(4), 667-678. https://doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2020.1870204

Objectives: The DESCANT (Dementia Early Stage Cognitive Aids New Trial) intervention provided a personalised care package designed to improve the cognitive abilities, function and well-being of people with early-stage dementia and their carers, by pr... Read More about Implementing the Dementia Early Stage Cognitive Aids New Trial (DESCANT) intervention: mixed-method process evaluation alongside a pragmatic randomised trial.

Electronic Information Sharing Between Nursing and Adult Social Care Practitioners in Separate Locations: A Mixed-Methods Case Study (2021)
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Chester, H., Hughes, J., Bowns, I., Abendstern, M., Davies, S., & Challis, D. (2021). Electronic Information Sharing Between Nursing and Adult Social Care Practitioners in Separate Locations: A Mixed-Methods Case Study. Journal of Long-Term Care, 2021, 1-11. https://doi.org/10.31389/jltc.16

Context: A longstanding concern, both in the UK and internationally, is that multiple health and social care professionals undertake assessments of adults and older people with complex needs, but that information is not shared. Electronic information... Read More about Electronic Information Sharing Between Nursing and Adult Social Care Practitioners in Separate Locations: A Mixed-Methods Case Study.

The Dementia Early Stage Cognitive Aids New Trial (DESCANT) intervention: A goal attainment scaling approach to promote self-management (2020)
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Chester, H., Beresford, R., Clarkson, P., Entwistle, C., Gillan, V., Hughes, J., …Members of the HoSt‐D (Home Support in Dementia) Programme Management Group. (2021). The Dementia Early Stage Cognitive Aids New Trial (DESCANT) intervention: A goal attainment scaling approach to promote self-management. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 36(5), 784-793. https://doi.org/10.1002/gps.5479

OBJECTIVES: This study investigated goals identified by people with dementia and their carers to promote the self-management of symptoms and abilities; measured achievement using goal attainment scaling (GAS); and explored the reflections of Dementia... Read More about The Dementia Early Stage Cognitive Aids New Trial (DESCANT) intervention: A goal attainment scaling approach to promote self-management.

Development and preliminary testing of a framework for quantifying local service provision for people with dementia (2020)
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Hughes, J., Ahmed, S., Clarkson, P., Davies, S., Stewart, K., & Challis, D. (2020). Development and preliminary testing of a framework for quantifying local service provision for people with dementia. Quality in Ageing and Older Adults, 21(3), 193-202. https://doi.org/10.1108/QAOA-03-2020-0010

© 2020, Emerald Publishing Limited. Purpose: It was hypothesised that there were variations in health and social care services available for older people with dementia and their carers, and that measurement of this between localities was possible. Th... Read More about Development and preliminary testing of a framework for quantifying local service provision for people with dementia.

Home-care providers as collaborators in commissioning arrangements for older people (2020)
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Davies, K., Dalgarno, E., Angel, C., Davies, S., Hughes, J., Chester, H., …Challis, D. (2022). Home-care providers as collaborators in commissioning arrangements for older people. Health and Social Care in the Community, 30(2), 644-655. https://doi.org/10.1111/hsc.13169

© 2020 The Authors. Health and Social Care in the Community published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd In England, care to support people living at home is largely commissioned by local authorities (statutory organisations with responsibility for social ca... Read More about Home-care providers as collaborators in commissioning arrangements for older people.

Care Coordination for Older People in the Non-Statutory Sector: Activities, Time Use and Costs (2020)
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Hughes, J., Jasper, R., Worden, A., Loynes, N., Sutcliffe, C., Abendstern, M., & Challis, D. (2020). Care Coordination for Older People in the Non-Statutory Sector: Activities, Time Use and Costs. Journal of Long-Term Care, 91-107. https://doi.org/10.31389/jltc.10

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to provide new insights into the contribution and experiences of non-statutory sector (voluntary) services delivering care coordination. Design/methodology/approach: This qualitative study, based on face-to-... Read More about Care Coordination for Older People in the Non-Statutory Sector: Activities, Time Use and Costs.

Complex care needs and devolution in Greater Manchester: A pilot study to explore social care innovation in newly integrated service arrangements for older people (2020)
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Malik, B., Wells, J., Hughes, J., Clarkson, P., Keady, J., Young, A., & Challis, D. (2020). Complex care needs and devolution in Greater Manchester: A pilot study to explore social care innovation in newly integrated service arrangements for older people. Australian Health Review, 44(6), 838-846. https://doi.org/10.1071/AH19168

© 2020 AHHA. Objective: The aim of this study was to describe emergent approaches to integrated care for older people with complex care needs and investigate the viability of measuring integrated care. Methods: A case study approach was used. Sites w... Read More about Complex care needs and devolution in Greater Manchester: A pilot study to explore social care innovation in newly integrated service arrangements for older people.

Perceptions of the social worker role in adult community mental health teams in England (2020)
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Abendstern, M., Hughes, J., Wilberforce, M., Davies, K., Pitts, R., Batool, S., …Challis, D. (2020). Perceptions of the social worker role in adult community mental health teams in England. Qualitative Social Work, 20(3), 773-791. https://doi.org/10.1177/1473325020924085

© The Author(s) 2020. There is a growing recognition of the importance of the social work contribution within community mental health services. However, although many texts describe what the mental health social work contribution should be, little em... Read More about Perceptions of the social worker role in adult community mental health teams in England.

The challenges of commissioning home care for older people in England: commissioners’ perspectives (2020)
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Davies, K., Dalgarno, E., Davies, S., Roberts, A., Hughes, J., Chester, H., …Challis, D. (2021). The challenges of commissioning home care for older people in England: commissioners’ perspectives. Ageing and Society, 41(8), 1858-1877. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0144686X20000021

© The Author(s), 2020. Published by Cambridge University Press. Home care for older people in England is commissioned through local authorities working predominantly with independent providers of care. Commissioners operate in a market model, plannin... Read More about The challenges of commissioning home care for older people in England: commissioners’ perspectives.

Changes in commissioning home care: an English survey (2020)
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Challis, D., Davies, S., Roberts, A., Hughes, J., Chester, H., Davies, K., …Dalgarno, E. (2020). Changes in commissioning home care: an English survey. Quality in Ageing and Older Adults, 21(1), 3-14. https://doi.org/10.1108/QAOA-10-2019-0055

© 2020, Emerald Publishing Limited. Purpose: The purpose of this study is to examine changes in the nature, form and range of commissioning arrangements for home care. Design/methodology/approach: Data from two discrete national surveys of English lo... Read More about Changes in commissioning home care: an English survey.

What Do Service Users Want from Mental Health Social Work? A Best–Worst Scaling Analysis (2019)
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Wilberforce, M., Abendstern, M., Batool, S., Boland, J., Challis, D., Christian, J., …Roberts, D. (2019). What Do Service Users Want from Mental Health Social Work? A Best–Worst Scaling Analysis. British Journal of Social Work, 50(5), 1324-1344. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcz133

Despite being a profession dedicated to the empowerment of service users, empirical study of mental health social work appears dominated by the perspectives of social workers themselves. What service users value is less often reported. This study, au... Read More about What Do Service Users Want from Mental Health Social Work? A Best–Worst Scaling Analysis.

What Do Service Users Want from Mental Health Social Work? A Best–Worst Scaling Analysis (2019)
Journal Article
Wilberforce, M., Abendstern, M., Batool, S., Boland, J., Challis, D., Christian, J., …Roberts, D. (2019). What Do Service Users Want from Mental Health Social Work? A Best–Worst Scaling Analysis. British Journal of Social Work, https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcz133

Despite being a profession dedicated to the empowerment of service users, empirical study of mental health social work appears dominated by the perspectives of social workers themselves. What service users value is less often reported. This study, au... Read More about What Do Service Users Want from Mental Health Social Work? A Best–Worst Scaling Analysis.