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Long-Term Care: Matching Resources and Needs

Author : David Challis
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351153544
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (511 download)

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Download or read book Long-Term Care: Matching Resources and Needs written by David Challis and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-01-18 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Improving equity and efficiency in the long-term care of older people is an international concern, with governments attempting to ensure that policies and practice develop so that resources are used to best effect. This requires good quality evidence founded on sound theory. This volume honours the outstanding contribution of Bleddyn Davies to this field, bringing together perspectives of scholars and practitioners from many countries including the UK, Australia, Hong Kong, Japan, Sweden and the USA. Contemporary policy dilemmas are considered, leavened by professional anecdote. A chapter from Davies himself, reflecting on the origins of the PSSRU (Personal Social Services Research Unit), concludes the volume that also features a full listing of his books and monographs, which will prove invaluable to those seeking to engage with his contribution to the field. This volume will greatly interest academics in social policy, social work, gerontology and social care as well as professionals in the field.

Matching Resources to Needs in Community Care

Author : Bleddyn Davies
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429826788
Total Pages : 669 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (298 download)

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Download or read book Matching Resources to Needs in Community Care written by Bleddyn Davies and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-08-09 with total page 669 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1986, Matching Resources to Needs describes the PSSRU’s community care approach and analyses the first of the community care projects, a seminal set of experiments in the care of the elderly at high risk of institutional long-term care. The experiments create field structures which provide incentives to improve efficiency, decentralised power over resources being balanced by enhanced accountability. The first part explains the approach, analyses the causes of inefficiency in ~British social care, and reviews British and American evidence about the relationships between resources, recipient characteristics and outcomes. The approach is compared with some two dozen American experiments hitherto unknown in the UK. It describes the design of the project and its evaluation. The authors then examine the experimental results. They show that cost and welfare effects are better and the costs of outcomes are lower for recipients of community car. The third part of the book uses observational and other data to explore the relationships between structures, assumptive worlds, causal processes and outcomes and their costs. It also analyses the performance of the core tasks of entrepreneurial case management for types of case. The book concludes with a discussion of the broader implications of this approach to community care.

Improving the Quality of Long-Term Care

Author : Institute of Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309132746
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Improving the Quality of Long-Term Care written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2001-02-27 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Among the issues confronting America is long-term care for frail, older persons and others with chronic conditions and functional limitations that limit their ability to care for themselves. Improving the Quality of Long-Term Care takes a comprehensive look at the quality of care and quality of life in long-term care, including nursing homes, home health agencies, residential care facilities, family members and a variety of others. This book describes the current state of long-term care, identifying problem areas and offering recommendations for federal and state policymakers. Who uses long-term care? How have the characteristics of this population changed over time? What paths do people follow in long term care? The committee provides the latest information on these and other key questions. This book explores strengths and limitations of available data and research literature especially for settings other than nursing homes, on methods to measure, oversee, and improve the quality of long-term care. The committee makes recommendations on setting and enforcing standards of care, strengthening the caregiving workforce, reimbursement issues, and expanding the knowledge base to guide organizational and individual caregivers in improving the quality of care.

Long-Term Care Reforms in OECD Countries

Author : Gori, Cristiano
Publisher : Policy Press
ISBN 13 : 1447305051
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (473 download)

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Book Synopsis Long-Term Care Reforms in OECD Countries by : Gori, Cristiano

Download or read book Long-Term Care Reforms in OECD Countries written by Gori, Cristiano and published by Policy Press. This book was released on 2015-12-18 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the 1990s, long-term care policies have undergone significant transformations across OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) countries. For some, these changes have responded to the introduction of major individual policy reforms, while in others transformations have come about through the accumulation of smaller policy changes. This book examines changes in long-term care systems occurring in OECD countries, discusses and compares key changes in national policies, examines the main successes and failures of recent reforms, and suggests possible policy strategies for the future.

Medical Futility in Paediatrics

Author : Kartina A. Choong
Publisher : Trivent Publishing
ISBN 13 : 6158135313
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (581 download)

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Book Synopsis Medical Futility in Paediatrics by : Kartina A. Choong

Download or read book Medical Futility in Paediatrics written by Kartina A. Choong and published by Trivent Publishing. This book was released on 2019-12-31 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book addresses the issues and challenges raised by the high-profile cases of Charlie Gard and Alfie Evans. The individual chapters, which complement one other, were written by scholars with expertise in Law, Medicine, Medical Ethics, Theology, Health Policy and Management, English Literature, Nursing and History, from the UK, Australia, Canada, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, India, Spain, Turkey and the USA. The following are among the key questions explored in the book. Is the courtroom an appropriate forum for resolving conflicts relating to medical futility in paediatrics? If so, should parental rights be protected by confining judicial powers only to cases where there is a risk of significant harm to the infant; or should the "best interests" test continue to be recognised as the "gold standard" for paediatric cases? If not, should mediation be used instead, but how well would this alternative method of dispute resolution work for medical futility conflicts? Further, should social media be deployed to garner support, and should outsiders who are not fully acquainted with the medical facts refrain from intervening? And, how are comparable situations likely to be managed in different countries? What lessons can be learned from them as well as from religious perspectives?

Social Policy Review 18

Author : Bauld, Linda
Publisher : Policy Press
ISBN 13 : 1847429181
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (474 download)

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Download or read book Social Policy Review 18 written by Bauld, Linda and published by Policy Press. This book was released on 2006-06-28 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Social Policy Review provides students, academics and all those interested in welfare issues with detailed analyses of progress and change in areas of major interest during the past year. Bringing together a selection of commissioned papers, the Review is organised in three parts. First, it concentrates on the main policy developments during 2005 in relation to five key areas of welfare provision, both in the UK and internationally. The second part, this year concentrating on the theme of health and well-being, draws on current research to explore key policy issues and challenges. The final section explores employment and later life - an often neglected area of social policy, yet one that will increasingly dominate the contemporary news agenda and that has long term implications for social policy.

Care-Related Quality of Life in Old Age

Author : Marja Vaarama
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 038772169X
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (877 download)

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Download or read book Care-Related Quality of Life in Old Age written by Marja Vaarama and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-10-27 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It’s a core issue at the heart of elder care: while best-practice data exist for long-term care, quality of life as a concept, measure and standard for care outcomes remains elusive. The result of an ambitious European research initiative, the Care Keys Project addresses quality of life issues among frail, care-dependent seniors, taking their social as well as health needs into account. This resulting volume explains the theory behind Care Keys, its methodology, empirical findings, and practical considerations in promoting effective, efficient elder care aimed at social and emotional well-being and including disabled and cognitively impaired patients.

Matching Resources to Needs in Community Care

Author : BLEDDYN. CHALLIS DAVIES (DAVID.)
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 9781138329676
Total Pages : 690 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (296 download)

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Book Synopsis Matching Resources to Needs in Community Care by : BLEDDYN. CHALLIS DAVIES (DAVID.)

Download or read book Matching Resources to Needs in Community Care written by BLEDDYN. CHALLIS DAVIES (DAVID.) and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-04-02 with total page 690 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1986, Matching Resources to Needs describes the PSSRU's community care approach and analyses the first of the community care projects, a seminal set of experiments in the care of the elderly at high risk of institutional long-term care. The experiments create field structures which provide incentives to improve efficiency, decentralised power over resources being balanced by enhanced accountability. The first part explains the approach, analyses the causes of inefficiency in British social care, and reviews British and American evidence about the relationships between resources, recipient characteristics and outcomes. The approach is compared with some two dozen American experiments hitherto unknown in the UK. It describes the design of the project and its evaluation. The authors then examine the experimental results. They show that cost and welfare effects are better and the costs of outcomes are lower for recipients of community car. The third part of the book uses observational and other data to explore the relationships between structures, assumptive worlds, causal processes and outcomes and their costs. It also analyses the performance of the core tasks of entrepreneurial case management for types of case. The book concludes with a discussion of the broader implications of this approach to community care.

Mental Health Services Today and Tomorrow: Perspective on policy and practice

Author : Charles Kaye
Publisher : Radcliffe Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1846192625
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (461 download)

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Book Synopsis Mental Health Services Today and Tomorrow: Perspective on policy and practice by : Charles Kaye

Download or read book Mental Health Services Today and Tomorrow: Perspective on policy and practice written by Charles Kaye and published by Radcliffe Publishing. This book was released on 2008 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work traces and anticipates past, present and future changes in mental health services to assess the impact both of developments in care, and of the implications of new organisational change. It includes contributions and perspectives of those involved in services at all levels, including service users, to draw upon their experience to give a fuller picture of today and help sketch in tomorrow. It balances academic scrutiny with personal involvement, to reflect both national trends and local initiatives.Overall this work is in two volumes, each of which can stand alone: the companion book Part 1 focuses on the realities of offering and receiving care at a practical and local level; this Part 2 reviews policy and practice from national and international perspectives. Together these books provide essential information and views on mental health services for professionals throughout health and social care, managers, policy planners and policy shapers including those in the third sector and patient groups, academics and the media.

The SAGE Handbook of Social Gerontology

Author : Dale Dannefer
Publisher : SAGE Publications
ISBN 13 : 1412934648
Total Pages : 713 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (129 download)

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Download or read book The SAGE Handbook of Social Gerontology written by Dale Dannefer and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2010-09-14 with total page 713 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume reflects the emergence of ageing as a global concern, including chapters by international scholars from Asia, Australasia, Europe and North America. It provides a comprehensive overview of key trends and issues in the field, drawing upon the full range of social science disciplines. The Handbook is organized into five parts, each exploring different aspects of research into social aspects of ageing: * Disciplinary overviews: summaries of findings from key disciplinary areas within social gerontology * Social relationships and social differences: topics include: social inequality, gender and ageing, the role of religion, inter-generational ties, social networks, and friendships in later life. * Individual characteristics and change in later life: chapters in this section examine different aspects of individual aging, including self and identity, cognitive processes, and biosocial interactions and their impact on physical and psychological aging. * Comparative perspectives and cultural innovations: topics in this section include: ageing and development, ageing in a global context, migration, and cross-cultural perspectives on grandparenthood. * Policy issues: The final section examines some of the main policy concerns affecting older people across the world. Topics include: developments in social policy, long-term care, technology and older people, end of life issues, work and retirement, crime and older people, and the politics of old age. This will be essential reading for all students, researchers and policy-makers concerned with the major issues influencing the lives of older people across the globe.

Equity and Efficiency Policy in Community Care

Author : Bleddyn Davies
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 135176263X
Total Pages : 495 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (517 download)

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Download or read book Equity and Efficiency Policy in Community Care written by Bleddyn Davies and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-02-06 with total page 495 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title was first published in 2000: Equity and Efficiency Policy provides a completely new perspective on post-reform community care, analyzes its fairness, effectiveness and efficiency in a new way and uses its powerful new techniques applied to a major national collection of evidence to suggest how to develop the Modernization Agenda. It - describes, for the first time, how differences in the levels of each of the main services alone and in combination affect a wide range of user and carer benefits; - uses this knowledge to analyze in a new way and make policy proposals about some of the pressing policy issues of the government’s Modernization Agenda.

Mental Health and Care Homes

Author : Tom Dening
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 019162117X
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (916 download)

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Download or read book Mental Health and Care Homes written by Tom Dening and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2011-05-26 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The care home sector is large, with over 400 000 residents in the UK and a similar number employed within the homes. It is therefore an area of considerable economic importance. Care home residents are often very old, and many have multiple physical and mental health needs, meaning that their care poses particular challenges. They are also a distinctly and profoundly marginalised group who are often invisible in the wider debates on quality of care including those about care homes. Mental Health and Care Homes is a coherent and evidence-based text exploring these issues. Bringing together both clinical and research perspectives it will help those working in the care home sector to deliver high quality care and support to both residents and staff. This important, yet neglected, area is thoroughly reviewed by a range of experts including residents, family carers, staff, researchers, and clinicians. The book has four sections: 'the inside view' which includes several first-hand accounts of care home life; 'the outside view' which discusses the regulatory, funding, and legislative context in which care homes operate; 'mental health and care', a detailed review of the major mental and other health issues that arise in care homes, as well as interventions and services to offer support; and a section exploring the 'promotion of health and wellbeing' including examples of good practice. It concludes by synthesising key themes and setting an agenda for further enquiry. The book is written in a style that encourages engagement, with the inclusion of contemporary case studies and examples, making it topical and readable. It will be valuable for a broad professional and vocational audience across both health and social care, as well as students and researchers.

International Perspectives on Health and Social Care

Author : Jon Glasby
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 9781444322590
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (225 download)

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Download or read book International Perspectives on Health and Social Care written by Jon Glasby and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2009-11-09 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Partnership Working in Health and Social Care adopts a thematic approach to health and social care partnerships. With chapters by leading international commentators, the book covers key topics in partnership with a dual focus on both policy and practice.

Health Systems Policy, Finance, and Organization

Author : Guy Carrin
Publisher : Academic Press
ISBN 13 : 9780123757081
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (57 download)

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Download or read book Health Systems Policy, Finance, and Organization written by Guy Carrin and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2010-05-22 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is unique in its systematic approach to these three pillars of health systems analysis will give readers of various backgrounds authoritative material about subjects adjacent to their own specialties. Assembling such comparative materials is usually an onerous task because so many programs possess their own vocabularies, goals, and methods. This book will provide common grounds for people in programs as diverse as economics and finance, allied health, business and management, and the social sciences, including psychology. Gives readers of various backgrounds authoritative material about subjects adjacent to their own specialties Provides common grounds for people in programs as diverse as economics and finance, allied health, business and management, and the social sciences, including psychology

Reframing Disability and Quality of Life

Author : Narelle Warren
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9400730187
Total Pages : 253 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Reframing Disability and Quality of Life written by Narelle Warren and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-03-12 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume brings together two parallel fields of interest. One is the understanding among psychologists and other social scientists of the limits to psychometric measurement, and the challenges in generating information about quality of life and wellbeing that enable comparison across time and place, at both individual and population levels. The second is the interest among anthropologists and others in the lived experience of chronic illness and disability, including the unpredictable fluctuations in perceived health and capability. Chronic conditions and physical impairments are assumed to impact negatively on people’s quality of life, affecting them psychologically, socially and economically. While some of these conditions have declined in prevalence, as a result of prenatal diagnosis, early successful interventions, and changes in medical technology and surgery, many of these conditions are on the increase as a consequence of improved life-saving medication and technology, and greater longevity. ‘Quality of life’ is often used as an indicator for successful and high quality health services, and good access to medical attention and surgery – for hip replacements or laser surgery to improve vision, for instance. But it is also used as an argument against interventions, when such interventions are seen to prolong life for its own sake. Yet we also know that people vary their idea of quality as a result of the context of fluctuations in their own health status, the presence or absence of pain or discomfort, and as a result of variations in social and economic contextual factors. In exploring these questions, this volume contributes to emerging debates related to individual health outcomes, but also to the social and other individual determinants that influence everyday life. Understanding these broader contextual factors will contribute to our knowledge of the kinds of services, support systems, and infrastructure that provide people with good ‘quality of life’ and a sense of wellbeing, regardless of their physical health, capability and functioning. The volume includes scholars from all continents who have been encouraged to think critically, and to engage with the descriptive, methodological, social, policy and clinical implications of their work.

Supporting People with Dementia at Home

Author : David Challis
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317048288
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book Supporting People with Dementia at Home written by David Challis and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-01 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Supporting People with Dementia at Home details a groundbreaking study of an intensive care management scheme designed for older people with dementia that are at risk of entry into residential care. The authors use a quasi-experimental approach to compare how the individuals on the mental health team in one community were matched to a similar community without the service. They analyze the evidence focusing on the eventual placement of the individual suffering, the quality of care they receive, and also the needs of their carers. This book offers valuable evidence about the factors which can maximize the independence and well being of older people with dementia, from the perspective of older people and their carers. For those who commission services, it is highly relevant to service models for the National Dementia Strategy in England.

Performance Indicators in Social Care for Older People

Author : David Challis
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
ISBN 13 : 9780754647447
Total Pages : 378 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (474 download)

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Download or read book Performance Indicators in Social Care for Older People written by David Challis and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2006 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set within a national context, this book reviews the historical development and measurement issues of performance indicators within social care and the public sector for older people. It will be of particular interest in the UK for local service providers