Book Review: Occupational Therapy Helpers and Assistants in Health and Social Services

1991 ◽  
Vol 54 (9) ◽  
pp. 354-354
Author(s):  
Janet Jones
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Therapy ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Health And Social Services

The Management of Resources: An Overview

1988 ◽  
Vol 51 (12) ◽  
pp. 421-424 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eileen E Bumphrey
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Resource Management ◽  
Occupational Therapy ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Performance Indicators ◽  
Health And Social Services ◽  
Performance Reviews ◽  
Management Of Resources ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Formal Information

Occupational therapy managers have to set objectives which correlate with those for the health and social services and work towards achieving them through the management of resources. Cooperation in the collection of data, to give an adequate overview of the needs of the service as well as the actual resources available, requires an understanding of formal information systems: Körner, performance indicators, resource management, clinical budgeting and performance reviews can be used to manage services more efficiently and realistically.

Inter-Agency Cooperation: Health and Social Services — An Occupational Therapy Perspective

1986 ◽  
Vol 49 (5) ◽  
pp. 151-153
Author(s):  
Fred Davies
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Therapy ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Relative Importance ◽  
Health And Social Services

Articles concerned with cooperation between health and social services often concentrate on problems and failings. Also, they are rarely based on direct research. This article offers ideas on the factors that assist cooperation, which have been gathered from involved professionals. It gives the results of a questionnaire completed by community occupational therapy managers, which sought their views on the relative importance of these factors. It also gives some interesting insights into how nurses, social workers and doctors are viewed by the same group.

The Single Assessment Process: An Opportunity for Collaboration or a Threat to the Profession of Occupational Therapy?

2003 ◽  
Vol 66 (5) ◽  
pp. 201-208 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zoë A Cohen
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Therapy ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Assessment Process ◽  
Learning Needs ◽  
Roles And Responsibilities ◽  
Health And Social Services ◽  
Collaborative Working ◽  
Working Practices ◽  
Professional Roles And Responsibilities ◽  
Organisational Level

The single assessment process is being introduced into the care of older people across health and social services in order to streamline assessments, target resources carefully and improve client-centred practices with a focus on outcomes. Health professions may view this change as a threat because it recommends collaborative working practices that are outside professional tribal boundaries; occupational therapy may be perceived as particularly sensitive to such threats. In order to work in new ways and survive change, learning needs to take place both formally and informally and structures that facilitate the development of professional roles and responsibilities need to exist at organisational level.

scholarly journals BOOK REVIEW

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 271
Author(s):  
Cesar A. Poveda
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Climate Change Adaptation ◽  
Health And Social Services ◽  
Csiro Publishing

CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION for Health and Social Services. Rae Walker and Wendy Mason (Eds.). (2015). Clayton South, VC: CSIRO Publishing, 280 pp., $62.95, ISBN: 9781486302529 (paperback)

Depression in the Developing World

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harry Minas
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
International Development ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Development Programs ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Health And Social Services ◽  
Middle Income Countries ◽  
Culturally Informed ◽  
Global Understanding

This chapter provides an overview of what is known about prevalence, social determinants, treatment, and course and impact of depression in developing, or low- and middle-income, countries. The importance of culture in depression and in the construction and application of diagnostic classifications and in health and social services is highlighted, with a particular focus on the applicability of ‘Western’ diagnostic constructs and service systems in developing country settings. The role of international organizations, such as WHO, and international development programs, such as the SDGs, in improving our understanding of depression and in developing effective and culturally appropriate responses is briefly examined. There is both a need and increasing opportunities in developing countries for greater commitment to mental health of populations, increased investment in mental health and social services, and culturally informed research that will contribute to improved global understanding of mental disorders in general and depression in particular.

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