The Family, the Asylum and Community Care

2002 ◽  
pp. 11-22
Author(s):  
David W. Jones ◽  
Jo Campling
Keyword(s):  
1984 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 417-446 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick West

ABSTRACTWithin the political arena, most sharply articulated by the new Right, the family and welfare state have been counterposed as ideological opposites with implications for the relative responsibility each should be accorded in respect of a policy of community care. On the basis of evidence from a survey conducted in three locations in Scotland, this paper examines the extent to which the ideological positions of Left and Right are reflected in public attitudes towards these issues. The results show that with the exception of certain groups of ‘ideologues’, individual citizens tend not to structure their attitudes in accordance with overarching ideologies, nor are their attitudes in any consistent way organized along partisan lines. In respect of the family/state polarity, there is only a faint echo of the broad rhetoric of political parties and on more concrete issues like care for dependent persons none at all. The overall picture supports the view that the family and welfare state as they are confronted by people in their everyday lives are much less ideological opposites than intermeshed in an overlapping complex of values, needs and interests.


1992 ◽  
Vol 4 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 267-271 ◽  
Author(s):  
Irwin D. Nazareth ◽  
Michael B. King

2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 39
Author(s):  
S. Zuraida Zulkarnain

The practice of community medicine is the delivery of comprehensive health care by a health team trained in curative and preventive medicine to a defined population based on their needs and economy. For some time it has been realized that the integration of curative and preventive services is a well recognized national need. Only such a unification could effectively deliver comprehensive health care to the family which is the ultimate recipient of community care. The success in the application of the health care depends mainly on the training and attitude of the future doctors who are willing to work in the rural areas. It is therefore the responsibility of the medical school to train community oriented doctors, and such a training requires the provision of community projects in which students of the Medical School can participate.


2011 ◽  
Vol 5 (7) ◽  
pp. 1633
Author(s):  
Mirele Estrela Silvestre ◽  
Nayara Kallynne Cavalcante de Oliveira ◽  
Sarah Yasmin Lucena Gomes ◽  
Selda Gomes de Sousa Alves ◽  
Milena Nunes Alves de Sousa

ABSTRACTObjective: to identify the knowledge of the nursing students about the importance of Home Visits (HV) for family and community. Method: we performed exploratory, descriptive, with quantitative approach. After approval by the Ethics Committee in Research of Santa Maria College, via the protocol number: 422022010, 85 nursing students (53.8% of the universe) answered a questionnaire in May of 2010. Results: the sample was composed mostly by women who knew about the meanings of the HV. As for the importance of the theme and concept, most of the students indicated the completeness of family and community care through an action taken in residence. Still, 98.8% of subjects reported that the HV can help improve the living conditions of families and communities. Conclusion: well, based on data collected, the importance of HV for families and communities is seen as an instrument of home care, in order to more closely meet the real needs presented by and/or communities, and help provide improvements in living conditions. Descriptors: home visits; perception; student nurses.RESUMOObjetivo: identificar o conhecimento dos estudantes de enfermagem acerca da importância da Visita Domiciliar (VD) para a família e comunidade. Método: foi realizada pesquisa exploratória, descritiva, com abordagem quantitativa. Após aprovação do Comitê de Ética em Pesquisa da Faculdade Santa Maria, através do protocolo de nº 422022010, 85 estudantes de enfermagem (53,8% do universo) responderam a um questionário em maio de 2010. Resultados: a amostra foi composta, na maioria, por mulheres conhecedoras dos significados sobre a VD. Quanto à importância e conceituação da temática, a maioria dos estudantes apontou a integralidade dos cuidados familiares e comunitários, através de uma ação realizada em domicilio. Ainda, 98,8% dos sujeitos afirmaram que a VD pode ajudar a melhorar as condições de vida das famílias e comunidades. Conclusão: assim, com base nos dados coletados, a importância da VD para as famílias e comunidades é entendida como um instrumento do cuidado domiciliar, com intuito de conhecer mais de perto as reais necessidades apresentadas pelas e/ou comunidades, além de ajudar a proporcionar melhorias das condições de vida. Descritores: visita domiciliar; percepção; estudantes de enfermagem.RESUMENObjectivo: identificar el conocimiento de los estudiantes de enfermería sobre la importancia de la visita domiciliaria (VD) para la familia y la comunidad. Método: se realizó un estudio exploratorio, descriptivo y cuantitativo. Después de la aprobación por el Comité de Ética de la Facultad Santa María, por el protocolo N° 422022010, 85 estudiantes de enfermería (53,8% del universo) respondieron a un cuestionario en mayo de 2010. Resultados: la muestra estuvo constituida principalmente por mujeres conocen el significado de la VD. En cuanto a la importancia y el concepto del sujeto, la mayoría de los estudiantes indica la integridad de la atención familiar y comunitaria a través de una acción realizada en su residencia. Sin embargo, el 98,8% de los sujetos informó de que la VD puede ayudar a mejorar las condiciones de vida de las familias y comunidades. Conclusión: por lo tanto, con base en los datos recogidos, la importancia de la DV para las familias y las comunidades se ve como un instrumento de asistencia a domicilio, a fin de satisfacer mejor las necesidades reales presentadas por y/o comunidades, y ayudar a proporcionar mejoras en las condiciones de vida. Descriptores: visita domiciliaria; percepción; estudiantes de enfermería.


2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 154-154
Author(s):  
Ayumi Igarashi ◽  
Madoka Katayama ◽  
Mariko Sakka ◽  
Maiko Noguchi-Watanabe ◽  
Chie Fukui ◽  
...  

Abstract Having a sense of security for living at home is essential to continue living at home and it is important to develop a community care system that enables high sense of security. Because frail to dependent older adults often accompany various conditions that require medical attention, receiving homecare nursing might allow the family caregiver to feel safe in living at home. Therefore we examined whether receiving homecare nursing service contributes to a higher family caregiver sense of security. We conducted a questionnaire survey regarding older adults who were 75 years and older with at least some sort of community care services, and their family caregivers (n=776). Family sense of security was measured using 5 items (e.g., “I feel secure about my relative living at home with help of available services”), rated on 5-point Likert scales. Characteristics of older adults were obtained from their nurses or care managers. The mean age of the older adults was 85.8 years, 58% female, and 8 % living alone. The mean total family sense of security was 20.6 (standard deviation = 3.7) out of 25. In multiple regression analysis, the family sense of security was positively associated with the use of homecare nursing (β= 0.09, p=0.020), adjusting for participants’ age, stability of their medical conditions, level of activities of daily living, use of medical procedures, living arrangements, and house call physician services. Homecare provided by nurses could contribute to longer staying at home among older adults by way of the higher family sense of security.


1984 ◽  
Vol 8 (8) ◽  
pp. 154-155
Author(s):  
Joan Bicknell

The current trend towards community care for mentally handicapped people means that general practitioners have greater opportunities to meet mentally and multiply handicapped people living in the family home or in small units in the community. In addition, an increasing number of large long-stay mental handicap hospitals have delegated the reponsibility for primary care to local GPs, frequently employed as clinical assistants for this purpose. This is having the welcome effect of allowing the psychiatrist and the trainee in psychiatry to follow their particular interests and develop their own treatment skills.


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