Bringing Donors Along on the Journey: A Preliminary Investigation of Organisational Strategies in Transitioning from Residential to Family Care for Children

2021 ◽  
pp. 234930032110479
Author(s):  
Nicole Gilbertson Wilke ◽  
Amanda Hiles Howard ◽  
David King ◽  
Brian Carroll
Keyword(s):  
Preliminary Investigation ◽  
Family Care ◽  
Initial Increase ◽  
Model Of Care ◽  
Care Model ◽  
Donor Support ◽  
Current Article ◽  
Family Based ◽  
The Cost

Research suggests that children develop best in families. However, millions of children live in residential care centres worldwide. Many residential centres desire to transition their programs from a residential to a family-based model of care, but face barriers surrounding funding and donor support. Little research exists on how organisations address these concerns. The current article investigated the financial impact of transitioning to a family-based model of care, donor engagement practices used in this process, and changes in donor support resulting from the transition. Twenty-six organisations that had fully or partially transitioned their model completed a brief survey. Data revealed an initial increase in cost per child, but long-term the cost of services decreased. Further, findings suggested that involving donors early and using multiple methods and types of communication led to better long-term donor support. Based on these findings, five recommendations were made for organisations planning to transition their care model.

Moving Towards Family Solutions: An Introduction to an Immersive Simulation Workshop

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicole Wilkea ◽  
Delia Pop ◽  
Elli Oswald ◽  
Amanda Howard ◽  
Meredith Morgan1
Keyword(s):  
Residential Care ◽  
Family Care ◽  
Models Of Care ◽  
Model Of Care ◽  
New Models ◽  
Current Article ◽  
Children’S Homes ◽  
Family Based ◽  
Experiential Workshop ◽  
Support Family

Residential care organisations, such as children’s homes, are well-positioned to reshape their programmes to support family-based models of care. However, new models bring unknown factors, making organisations hesitant to transition programmes. To alleviate concerns and support transition, researchers developed an experiential workshop mirroring the conditions of an organisation transitioning to family care. Workshop participants are guided through a series of activities and discussions detailing the transition of a fictional programme to a family-based model of care. The workshop focuses on six key components: engagement, case management, families, asset transitions, measurement and fundraising. The workshop also gives participants the opportunity to create a personalised plan for their programme. The goal of the current article is to present this workshop framework and share the free Facilitator’s Toolkit ( https://cafo.org/ovc/sim-lab/ ).

The Design of the Long-Term Care System in Spain: Policy and Financial Constraints

2005 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joan Costa-Font ◽  
Concepció Patxot
Keyword(s):  
Financial Constraints ◽  
Long Term Care ◽  
Policy Reforms ◽  
Model Of Care ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Traditional Family ◽  
Policy Concern ◽  
Family Based

The provision and financing of long-term care (LTC) in Spain has only recently become a policy concern. However, welfare policy reforms show the need to anticipate the effects of a transition from the traditional ‘family-based’ model of care (78 per cent of Spanish elders who are disabled are treated by their own families) to a modern ‘community-based’ model. This paper examines the current models of providing and funding long-term care in Spain and on the basis of the empirical evidence evaluates the prospects for the future organisation and funding of the system.

Family vulnerability for sick older adults: An empirical ethics study

2020 ◽  
pp. 096973302096485
Author(s):  
Xiang Zou ◽  
Jing-Bao Nie
Keyword(s):  
Rural China ◽  
Family Care ◽  
Aged Care ◽  
Chinese Family ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Care Model ◽  
Social Transitions ◽  
Adequate Care ◽  
Primary Hospital ◽  
Family Based

Background: In China, the conventional family-based ageing care model is under pressure from social transitions, raising the question of whether and to what extent families are still capable of dealing with the care of the aged. Objective: This article examines the vulnerability and inadequacy of families to bear responsibility for the care of the aged against a backdrop of socioeconomic transformation and diminishing institutional support in rural China. Research design: This article adopts an empirical ethical approach that integrates empirical investigation with ethical inquiry. Participants and research context: The empirical component of this article focuses on the lived experiences of caring for a wife and mother with dementia in one rural Chinese family, collected from a 6-month fieldwork study conducted at one primary hospital. Ethical considerations: Approval was obtained from the university ethics committee. Findings: The empirical study highlights a conflicted family process of managing and negotiating care that indicates the inadequacies and limited ability of families to deal with aged care tasks. In addition, inadequate structures and institutional deficiencies exacerbate the vulnerability of rural families and their inability to offer adequate care. Conclusion: Acknowledging the vulnerability of families as ageing care providers, this article calls for a socially supported family care model for rural older people in China and also proposes policy recommendations.

scholarly journals Social Determinants of Childcare in Poland in 1991–2014

2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 53-61
Author(s):  
Oresta Karpenko
Keyword(s):  
Social Policy ◽  
Family Support ◽  
Paradigm Shift ◽  
Systematic Approach ◽  
Family Care ◽  
Care Model ◽  
Local Organizations ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Government ◽  
Family Based

Abstract The article highlights major changes in systematic approach to family, establishment of institutions for child and family support, recognition of the priority of family-based care, decentralization of administration and financing of childcare institutions in Poland. The government tried to introduce a number of changes in legislation that would significantly improve the condition of the child. Childcare reforms in the 1990’s and at the beginning of the 21st century aimed at modernizing local government and local organizations to provide appropriate childcare and social assistance to parents. The paradigm shift in social policy on child and family care determines the priority of family support aimed at creating comfortable conditions for the child. Nowadays the main objective of the family supportive policy of any country is to protect the child from the foster care model.

Who Will Care for Our Parents? Changing Boundaries of Family and Public Roles in Providing Care for the Aged in Urban China

2007 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-46 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hong Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Long Term Care ◽  
Population Aging ◽  
Institutional Care ◽  
Family Care ◽  
Urban China ◽  
Care Needs ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Traditional Family ◽  
Family Based

The combined effects of more and more elderly Chinese living in empty-nest households and into advanced age pose an unprecedented challenge to the traditional family care for the aged in China and raise concerns about how to provide long-term care for the needy elderly. It has been increasingly recognized that the traditional family-based support system alone is inadequate to cope with rapid social change and population aging in China and that there is an urgent need to explore and develop the role of extrafamilial involvement in meeting the needs of long-term care for the Chinese elderly. This study used the interview data collected in 2001 in the city of Wuhan, and three other surveys on eldercare in Wuhan between 1998 and 2005, to show what eldercare patterns have emerged to cope with the long-term care needs of the urban elderly. More specifically, it describes and discusses three new eldercare patterns: at-home eldercare (jujia yanglao), community-based eldercare (shequ yanglao), and institutional care (yanglao jigou yanglao).

Primary varicose veins

Phlebologie ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 39 (03) ◽  
pp. 133-137
Author(s):  
H. Partsch
Keyword(s):  
Varicose Veins ◽  
Compression Therapy ◽  
Daily Practice ◽  
Clinical Severity ◽  
Compression Stockings ◽  
Primary Varicose Veins ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Convincing Data ◽  
Long Term Studies

SummaryBackground: Compression stockings are widely used in patients with varicose veins. Methods: Based on published literature three main points are discussed: 1. the rationale of compression therapy in primary varicose veins, 2. the prescription of compression stockings in daily practice, 3. studies required in the future. Results: The main objective of prescribing compression stockings for patients with varicose veins is to improve subjective leg complaints and to prevent swelling after sitting and standing. No convincing data are available concerning prevention of progression or of complications. In daily practice varicose veins are the most common indication to prescribe compression stockings. The compliance depends on the severity of the disorder and is rather poor in less severe stages. Long-term studies are needed to proof the cost-effectiveness of compression stockings concerning subjective symptoms and objective signs of varicose veins adjusted to their clinical severity. Conclusion: Compression stockings in primary varicose veins are able to improve leg complaints and to prevent swelling.

An Evaluation of Provincial Macroeconomic Performance in Vietnam

2017 ◽  
pp. 34-47
Author(s):  
Hoi Le Quoc ◽  
Nam Pham Xuan ◽  
Tuan Nguyen Anh
Keyword(s):  
Development Strategy ◽  
Institutional Transformation ◽  
Economic Indicators ◽  
Macroeconomic Performance ◽  
Economic Development Strategy ◽  
Socio Economic Development ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Development Objectives ◽  
First Time

The study was targeted at developing a methodology for constructing a macroeconomic performance index at a provincial level for the first time in Vietnam based on 4 groups of measurements: (i) Economic indicators; (ii) oriented economic indicators; (iii) socio-economic indicators; and (iv) economic - social – institutional indicators. Applying the methodology to the 2011 - 2015 empirical data of all provinces in Vietnam, the research shows that the socio-economic development strategy implemented by those provinces did not provide balanced outcomes between growth and social objectives, sustainability and inclusiveness. Many provinces focused on economic growth at the cost of structural change, equality and institutional transformation. In contrast, many provinces were successful in improving equality but not growth. Those facts threaten the long-term development objectives of the provinces.

335-OR: A Successful Diabetes Management Model of Care in Long-Term Care Facilities

Diabetes ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 69 (Supplement 1) ◽  
pp. 335-OR
Author(s):  
SARAH L. SY ◽  
MEDHA MUNSHI
Keyword(s):  
Long Term Care ◽  
Diabetes Management ◽  
Management Model ◽  
Model Of Care ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Care Facilities
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