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| The development of a measure of social care outcome for older people | | Author(s) | Ann Netten, Mandy Ryan, Paul Smith |
| Corporate Author | Personal Social Services Research Unit - PSSRU, University of Kent |
| Publisher | PSSRU, University of Kent, Canterbury, 2002 |
| Pages | 107 pp (PSSRU discussion paper 1690/3) |
| Source | PSSRU, University of Kent, Cornwallis Building, Canterbury, Kent CT2 7NF. Email: pssru.library@ukc.ac.uk May also be downloaded in Acrobat format from website: www.ukc.ac/PSSRU/ |
| Keywords | Needs [elderly] ; Self care capacity ; Nutrition ; Participation ; Evaluation ; Reports. |
| Annotation | An essential element of identifying Best Value (BV) and monitoring cost-effective care is to be able to identify the outcomes of care. This discussion paper reports on a study commissioned as part of the Department of Health's (DH) Outcomes of Social Care for Adults Initiative, to develop a measure of outcome and associated indexes of social care for older people. Five domains were identified as the key areas of outcome of social care: food and nutrition; personal care; safety; social participation and involvement; and control over daily life. The development, testing and refinement of the measure - the Older People's Utility Scale Social Care (OPUS-SC) - by reference group feedback and pilot exercises, is described. The methodology of establishing preferences for the five domains, leading to a utility weighting of OPUS, is reported. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-020701001 B |
| Classmark | IK: CA: CF: TMB: 4C: 6K |
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