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Outcomes-focused services for older people
— knowledge review | | Author(s) | Caroline Glendinning, Sue Clarke, Phillipa Hare |
| Corporate Author | Social Care Institute for Excellence - SCIE; Social Policy Research Unit - SPRU, University of York; Acton Shapiro |
| Publisher | Social Care Institute for Excellence, London, 2006 |
| Pages | 134 pp (Adult services knowledge review, 13) |
| Source | SCIE, Fifth floor, 2-4 Cockspur Street, London SW1Y 5BH. www.scie.org.uk |
| Keywords | Services ; Performance ; Evaluation ; Research Reviews. |
| Annotation | The Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) commissioned the Social Policy Research Unit (SPRU), University of York to undertake this knowledge review. Whereas 'outcomes' refer to the impact of end results of services on a person's life, 'outcomes-focused services' relate to goals and priorities identified by service users. This knowledge review comprises a research review and a practice survey. Guided by a User Advisory Group (Appendix 1), the research review summarises research on the outcomes that older people value and wish to achieve from contact with social care services; and identifies factors facilitating or inhibiting outcomes-focused services. The practice survey has two parts: a postal survey of social care staff in England and Wales known to be interested in developing outcomes-focused services; and case studies of services in six localities. The practice survey aims to identify features of the social care policy and practice environments supporting or inhibiting the developments of outcomes-focused approaches in older people's services; and to identify examples of outcomes-focused organisational arrangements and approaches that provide opportunities for wider learning. The methods used in the knowledge review, and the data collection and project documents are included as appendices. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-070205004 B |
| Classmark | I: 5H: 4C: 3A:6KC |
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| ...from the Ageinfo database published by Centre for Policy on Ageing. |
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