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| Using older home care user experiences in performance monitoring | | Author(s) | Karen Jones, Ann Netten, Jennifer Francis |
| Journal title | Health and Social Care in the Community, vol 15, no 4, July 2007 |
| Pages | pp 322-331 |
| Source | http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/hsc |
| Keywords | Home care services ; Usage [services] ; Performance ; Indicators ; Evaluation. |
| Annotation | Home care services play a fundamental role in England in supporting older and disabled people to live in their own home. In order to identify and monitor the degree to which these services are providing good quality services, in 2003 the government required all councils with social services responsibilities (CSSR) to undertake user experience surveys among older service users. The questionnaire was required to include questions, two of which were designed to be used as a Best Value Performance Indicator (BVPI) reflecting the quality of home care for older people. 34 local authorities participated in an extension study providing data from 21350 home care users. The study's aim was to answer three questions. First, do the performance indicators reflect home care quality? Second, are the performance indicators using the most appropriate cut-off points? Third, what are the underlying constructs of home care quality? Evidence was found to support two of the performance indicators and the current cut-off point being used for the satisfaction indicator. Factor analysis identified indicators of important dimensions of quality that were associated with overall satisfaction. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-070814209 A |
| Classmark | NH: QLD: 5H: 3RI: 4C |
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