Outcomes of Community Care for Users and Carers
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Outcomes of Community Care for Users and Carers by Andrew Nocon
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.
"..offers a valuable and accessible overview of conceptual and practical difficulties which need to be taken on board (both forresearchers and for practitioners)." - Community Care "...useful for those working at the interface of health and socialcare who, perhaps as part of their multidisciplinary work, wantto introduce an outcome measurement that will be acceptable to everyone." - Nursing Times "It deserves to be thoroughly digested in Social Services and amongst all agencies and groups involved inpurchasing or providing care in the community." -Registered Homes "This book should be essential reading for all agencies involved in delivering community care." -Research Policy and Planning "...a book which both researchers and practitioners would find helpful." - Journal ofInterprofessional Care "Comprehensive, accessible andcommendably up-to-date. The bibliography is outstanding." - Bob Hudson, University of Durham.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780335196685 |
| ISBN 10 | 0335196683 |
| Title | Outcomes of Community Care for Users and Carers |
| Author | Andrew Nocon |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Open University Press |
| Year published | 1996-09-01 |
| Number of pages | 192 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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