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Outcomes of community care for users and carers : a social services perspective

Title
Outcomes of community care for users and carers : a social services perspective / Andrew Nocon and Hazel Qureshi.
Author
Nocon, Andrew, 1951-
Publication
Buckingham ; Bristol, PA, USA : Open University Press, 1996.

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Qureshi, Hazel.
Description
176 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Summary
  • What effects do community care services have on the people who use them? Detailed attempts to measure impacts on service users and their carers have been largely confined to research exercises designed to compare different forms of social care provision. In contrast, performance measurement by social services has focused on activity indicators, inputs and processes, rather than outcomes for users. The need for a shift of focus within agencies' routine practice is being increasingly recognized. However, the task is not straightforward.
  • This book offers some ways forward for people working in agencies delivering social care. It examines the meaning of outcomes, considers potential service contexts for measuring them, and explores service users' and carers' views. It gives an overview of measures already used in research, and considers the issues involved in developing methods suitable for practice, in relation to the main groups of people receiving community care services.
Subject
  • Community health services > Evaluation
  • Social service > Evaluation
  • Outcome assessment (Medical care)
  • Community Health Services
  • Outcome Assessment, Health Care
  • Community health services > Evaluation
  • Social service > Evaluation
  • Informele zorg
  • Thuiszorg
  • Evaluatie
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [152]-172) and index.
Contents
pt. I. Concepts and themes. 1. Conceptual issues and policy context. 2. Emergent issues and practice in Social Services Departments. 3. Service users' and carers' views about community care -- pt. II. Outcome measurement. 4. People with physical impairments. 5. Older people. 6. People with mental health problems. 7. People with learning disabilities. 8. Carers -- pt. III. Conclusion. 9. Towards outcomes in practice.
ISBN
  • 0335196691
  • 9780335196692
  • 0335196683
  • 9780335196685
LCCN
95049669
OCLC
  • ocm33971354
  • 33971354
  • SCSB-2100728
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library