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View article: Developing a Set of Key Principles for Care Planning Within Older Adult Care Homes: A Modified Delphi Survey
Developing a Set of Key Principles for Care Planning Within Older Adult Care Homes: A Modified Delphi Survey Open
Background Older adult care homes in England must develop care plans on behalf of their residents and make them available to care providers. There is currently a lack of formal agreement around the key principles that should inform the car…
View article: “You like to be in control of your own destiny to a degree, don't you?”: conscientious autonomy and planning for future care with dementia
“You like to be in control of your own destiny to a degree, don't you?”: conscientious autonomy and planning for future care with dementia Open
Background We explored people with dementia and their family carers’ experiences of future care planning, guided by Kukla's model of conscientious autonomy. This relational autonomy concept focuses on the alignment of self-managed health-c…
View article: Investigating Person‐Centred Care Planning in Care Homes Across England: An Exploratory Study of Practices and Contextual Factors
Investigating Person‐Centred Care Planning in Care Homes Across England: An Exploratory Study of Practices and Contextual Factors Open
Aims To report how person‐centred care principles are applied to care planning and to explore the contextual factors affecting their implementation in older adult care homes in England. Design A combined framework analysis and quantitative…
View article: Developing a set of key principles for care planning within older adult care homes: study protocol for a modified Delphi survey
Developing a set of key principles for care planning within older adult care homes: study protocol for a modified Delphi survey Open
Background Older adult care homes in England are required to develop care plans on behalf of each of their residents and to make these documents available to those who provide care. However, there is a lack of formal agreement around the k…
View article: Unpaid carers of people living with dementia: ICT-use, non-use and sources of digital support
Unpaid carers of people living with dementia: ICT-use, non-use and sources of digital support Open
View article: Unpaid carers of people with dementia and information communication technology: Use, impact and ideas for the future
Unpaid carers of people with dementia and information communication technology: Use, impact and ideas for the future Open
Objectives Several 100,000s of people living with dementia in the UK are cared for at home by a spouse or relative. Few studies have considered the ICT needs and experiences of unpaid carers. This study explores the types of ICT unpaid car…
View article: Care Planning Interventions for Care Home Residents: A Scoping Review
Care Planning Interventions for Care Home Residents: A Scoping Review Open
Context: Previous reviews of care planning (CP) interventions in care homes focus on higher quality research methodologies and exclusively consider advanced care planning (ACP), thereby excluding many intervention-based studies that could …
View article: Local Online Information for Carers in England: Content and Complexity
Local Online Information for Carers in England: Content and Complexity Open
This article reports on a study of local online information for carers in England. It sets this in the context of the Care Act 2014 which gave local authorities (LAs) specific responsibility for providing information to carers. The study s…
View article: Digital needs of unpaid carers of older people: A research agenda
Digital needs of unpaid carers of older people: A research agenda Open
View article: Experience of Choice and Control for Service Users and Families of Direct Payments in Residential Care Trailblazers
Experience of Choice and Control for Service Users and Families of Direct Payments in Residential Care Trailblazers Open
Context: Direct payments (DP) – cash for care – have been promoted in England as a mechanism to enhance the choice and control of service users living in community settings who are eligible for statefunded care. In 2011, the government dec…
View article: Explaining Low Uptake of Direct Payments in Residential Care: Findings from the Evaluation of the Direct Payments in Residential Care Trailblazers
Explaining Low Uptake of Direct Payments in Residential Care: Findings from the Evaluation of the Direct Payments in Residential Care Trailblazers Open
In 2012, the Government invited local councils in England to participate in a pilot programme to test direct payments in residential care. While the programme was set up to allow for comprehensive summative evaluation, the uptake of direct…
View article: Evaluation of Direct Payments in Residential Care. Final Report
Evaluation of Direct Payments in Residential Care. Final Report Open
View article: Effects of digital engagement on the quality of life of older people
Effects of digital engagement on the quality of life of older people Open
It is often asserted that older people's quality of life (QOL) is improved when they adopt information and communication technology (ICT) such as the Internet, mobile phones and computers. Similar assumptions are made about older people's …
View article: Effects of digital engagement on the quality of life of older people
Effects of digital engagement on the quality of life of older people Open
It is often asserted that older people's quality of life (QOL) is improved when they adopt information and communication technology (ICT) such as the Internet, mobile phones and computers. Similar assumptions are made about older people's …
View article: Digital Britain: We must do more to make technology accessible to older people
Digital Britain: We must do more to make technology accessible to older people Open
As digital technology changes the way we perform daily tasks like shopping and paying bills, how do those not raised with smartphones and computers embrace such changes? Jacqueline Damant explains the various reasons why engagement with te…
View article: The case for investment in technology to manage the global costs of dementia
The case for investment in technology to manage the global costs of dementia Open
Worldwide growth in the number of people living with dementia will continue over the coming decades and is already putting pressure on health and care systems, both formal and informal, and on costs, both public and private. One response c…
View article: What are the likely changes in society and technology which will impact upon the ability of older adults to maintain social (extra-familial) networks of support now, in 2025 and in 2040?
What are the likely changes in society and technology which will impact upon the ability of older adults to maintain social (extra-familial) networks of support now, in 2025 and in 2040? Open
This report reviews evidence on how changes in information and communication technology might affect the ability of older people to maintain social networks of support. It considers both traditional and new forms of social media, along wit…
View article: Evaluation of Direct Payments in Residential Care. Second Interim Report
Evaluation of Direct Payments in Residential Care. Second Interim Report Open