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| Assessment approaches for older people receiving social care | | Author(s) | Karen Stewart, David Challis, Iain Carpenter |
| Journal title | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 14, no 2 [Proceedings of the symposium held in Scotland, June 1998, Part 1], February 1999 |
| Pages | pp 147-156 |
| Keywords | Community care ; Needs [elderly] ; Self care capacity ; Evaluation. |
| Annotation | Assessment was identified as one of the "cornerstones" of community care. This study presents findings from the first nationally representative analysis of assessment documents used by social services agencies in the UK. 50 assessment documents used for the "comprehensive" assessment of older people were analysed as to the extent to which they covered 33 assessment domains, grouped into four areas: functional; cognitive, mood and psychosocial; social environment; and clinico-medical. Documents were analysed on three dimensions: whether domains were covered at all; whether covered in sufficient detail; and whether it would elicit a structured response. Activities of daily living (ADLs) were covered to some extent on most of the documents, as were instrumental ADLs (IADLs). Very few documents were designed to elicit information on the potential for rehabilitation. While most forms were designed to collect some information on cognitive patterns, mood state and social activity, few were designed to do this in any detail. Although functional ADLs were covered in greater detail than the other domains overall, there was enormous variability between the documents, thus hampering their ability to generate any standardised information. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-990825236 A |
| Classmark | PA: IK: CA: 4C |
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