Providing a community mental handicap service

1992 ◽  
Vol 16 (01) ◽  
pp. 20-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. J. Hall ◽  
L. F. Pieri
Keyword(s):  
Royal College ◽  
Consumer Satisfaction ◽  
Long Term Care ◽  
Community Care ◽  
Medical Audit ◽  
Mentally Handicapped ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Mental Handicap

It is acknowledged that assessing ‘consumer satisfaction’ is an important part of medical audit (The Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1991). For the mentally handicapped, it can be argued that ‘carer satisfaction’ is particularly relevant. This is particularly so at a time when the ‘community’ is being advocated as the preferred setting for the long-term care of the mentally handicapped, the families and neighbours of the handicapped being the main providers of this ‘community care’ (Griffiths, 1988).

The Role of Consumer Satisfaction in Ensuring Quality Long-Term Care

2007 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 43-61 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lauren D. Harris-Kojetin ◽  
Robyn I. Stone
Keyword(s):  
Consumer Satisfaction ◽  
Long Term Care ◽  
Term Care

scholarly journals Examining Consequences Related to Unmet Care Needs Across the Long-Term Care Continuum

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 90-90
Author(s):  
Meghan Jenkins Morales ◽  
Stephanie Robert
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Activities Of Daily Living ◽  
Residential Care ◽  
Informal Care ◽  
Daily Living ◽  
Long Term Care ◽  
Community Care ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Care Arrangement

Abstract At some point in our lives, approximately 70% of us will need support to help with daily care. Without adequate assistance we may experience unmet care need consequences (UCNC) – such as skipping meals, going without clean clothes, or taking the wrong medication. This study examines the likelihood of experiencing UCNC related to gaps in assistance with activities of daily living (ADL) and instrumental activities of daily living (IADL) across long-term care arrangements: informal community care, paid community care, residential care, and nursing homes. We examine a sample of older adults receiving assistance in a care arrangement (N=2,499) from the nationally representative 2015 National Health and Aging Trends Study. Cross-sectional and longitudinal regression models, adjusting for differences in demographic and health/functioning characteristics, examine if type of care arrangement in 2015 is associated with UCNC in 2015 and change in UCNC by 2017. Holding all else constant, there were no significant differences in UCNC related to ADLs in 2015 across care arrangements. However, those receiving paid community care were more likely to experience UCNC related to IADLs (going without clean clothes, groceries, or a hot meal and making medication errors) compared to those receiving only informal care (OR=1.64, p<.05) or residential care (OR=2.19, p<.01). By 2017, paid care was also significantly associated with continued UCNC, but older adults in informal care arrangements were most likely to experience a new UCNC. Results suggest improving/expanding assistance with IADLs among community-dwelling older adults, and promoting equitable access to residential care, to reduce UCNC.

scholarly journals Why are the mentally handicapped still admitted to hospital?

1992 ◽  
Vol 16 (10) ◽  
pp. 609-611 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leila B. Cooke
Keyword(s):  
Long Term Care ◽  
White Paper ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Mentally Handicapped ◽  
Pattern Of Care ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Handicapped People ◽  
Hospital Group ◽  
Park Hospital

The Stoke Park Hospital Group in Bristol has been providing a service to mentally handicapped people and their families since 1909. The nature and extent of the service has changed significantly between then and now, largely due to changes in Government policy, first laid out in the 1971 white paper Better Services for the Mentally Handicapped. The changing nature of the service was highlighted in Carter's paper in 1984, in which he examined all admissions to the Group over ten years. He found an increasing use of the hospitals for short-term care, particularly for those patients with a superimposed psychiatric disorder, and a continuing, albeit reducing, demand for long-term care for some patients. He concluded that the hospital would continue to have an important role to play in the evolving pattern of care.

scholarly journals ‘Community Care: Agenda for Action’

1989 ◽  
Vol 13 (10) ◽  
pp. 538-541 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Security ◽  
Long Term Care ◽  
Community Care ◽  
Psychiatric Rehabilitation ◽  
Good Practice ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Department Of Health ◽  
Psychiatric Problems

The Department of Health and Social Security has designated eight services as ‘National Demonstration Services in Psychiatric Rehabilitation’. The aim of this was to identify services which would exemplify good practice in psychiatric rehabilitation and long-term care. In preparing his report Sir Roy Griffiths met with representatives from these services. It was felt appropriate that the National Demonstration Services should comment on the recommendations in so far as they are likely to affect those with long-term psychiatric problems.

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