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| The (mis)matching of resources and assessed need in remote Aboriginal community aged care | | Author(s) | Di Bell, Melissa A Lindeman, John Binda Reid |
| Journal title | Australasian Journal on Ageing, vol 34, no 3, September 2015 |
| Publisher | Wiley, September 2015 |
| Pages | pp 171-176 |
| Source | wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/ajag |
| Keywords | Ethnic groups ; Community care ; Needs [elderly] ; Evaluation ; Rural areas ; Australia. |
| Annotation | The aim of the present study was to examine processes of aged care needs assessment for Aboriginal people in remote central Australia to assist development of appropriate models of aged care. This was a qualitative study involving 11 semistructured interviews with aged care assessors and two focus groups with Aboriginal community members. The study reported four major themes concerning how needs assessments relate to realities of service delivery: cultural perspectives on aged care, context of service delivery, equity and access to services, and programme (mis)alignments. Disparities were found to exist between assessment recommendations and service availability, with a potential mismatch between Aboriginal understandings of needs, interpretations by individual assessment staff and programme guidelines. Incorporating a conceptual framework, such as the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health, into service guidelines to ensure structured consideration of a person's holistic needs may assist, as will building the capacity of communities to provide the level and type of services required. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-151002212 A |
| Classmark | TK: PA: IK: 4C: RL: 7YA |
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