Reliability of needs assessments in the community care of older people: impact of the single assessment process in England

Clarkson, Paul; Abendstern, Michele; Sutcliffe, Caroline; Hughes, Jane

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Section: Assessing Older Prisoners' Health and Social Care Needsmentioning

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“…41 Problems have included the under-reporting of need, variations in assessments across disciplines and geographical areas and disagreement between different professionals. 41 The National Service Framework for Older People 22 set out plans to improve the assessment of all older people's needs, including the introduction of the Single Assessment Process (SAP). The aims of the SAP were to standardise the assessment process across organisations and geographical areas, raise the standard of assessment, assist information sharing, prevent duplication of assessment processes and ensure holistic assessment of need.…”

Section: Assessing Older Prisoners' Health and Social Care Needsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…42 Elsewhere, it has been suggested that statutory social services assessments have improved since the introduction of the SAP; however, the extent to which these improvements can be attributed to the SAP is unclear. 41 Health and social care services for older prisoners…”

Section: Assessing Older Prisoners' Health and Social Care Needsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In developing the content of the OHSCAP, the action-learning group commenced by reflecting on current practice in their own prison, practice in other prisons using assessment tools currently being used elsewhere and provided to them by the wider project team, a HMCIP thematic review 7 and a toolkit from the Department of Health. 23 Research publications pertaining to the needs assessments of older people in the community 41,64,65 were also utilised to explore the nature of the SAP and other areas and types of assessment used in the wider community. Following reflection on the literature and existing practices, the action-learning group met monthly between November 2010 and September 2011 in a meeting room inside the prison where they developed the OHSCAP through iterative cycles of reflection and discussion, each of which underpinned the evolution of the tool.…”

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“…40 Their anxieties about release prior to discharge from prison have also been documented; 41 however, we are not aware of their issues and concerns after they have been released. This part of the study aimed to explore the health and social care needs of older male adults discharged from prison into the community.…”

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Health Services and Delivery ResearchISSN 2050-4349 (Print) ISSN 2050-4357 (Online) This journal is a member of and subscribes to the principles of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) (www.publicationethics.org/).Editorial contact: nihredit@southampton.ac.ukThe full HS&DR archive is freely available to view online at www.journalslibrary.nihr.ac.uk/hsdr. Print-on-demand copies can be purchased from the report pages of the NIHR Journals Library website: www.journalslibrary.nihr.ac.uk Criteria for inclusion in the Health Services and Delivery Research journalReports are published in Health Services and Delivery Research (HS&DR) if (1) they have resulted from work for the HS&DR programme or programmes which preceded the HS&DR programme, and (2) they are of a sufficiently high scientific quality as assessed by the reviewers and editors. HS&DR programmeThe Health Services and Delivery Research (HS&DR) programme, part of the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), was established to fund a broad range of research. It combines the strengths and contributions of two previous NIHR research programmes: the Health Services Research (HSR) programme and the Service Delivery and Organisation (SDO) programme, which were merged in January 2012.The HS&DR programme aims to produce rigorous and relevant evidence on the quality, access and organisation of health services including costs and outcomes, as well as research on implementation. The programme will enhance the strategic focus on research that matters to the NHS and is keen to support ambitious evaluative research to improve health services.For more information about the HS&DR programme please visit the website: www.netscc.ac.uk/hsdr/ This reportThe research reported in this issue of the journal was funded by the HS&DR programme or one of its proceeding programmes as project number 08/1809/230. The contractual start date was in February 2009. The final report began editorial review in August 2012 and was accepted for publication in December 2012. The authors have been wholly responsible for all data collection, analysis and interpretation, and for writing up their work. The HS&DR editors and production house have tried to ensure the accuracy of the authors' report and would like to thank the reviewers for their constructive comments on the final report document. However, they do not accept liability for damages or losses arising from material published in this report.This report presents independent research funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR). The views and opinions expressed by authors in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the NHS, the NIHR, NETSCC, the HS&DR programme or the Department of Health. If there are verbatim quotations included in this publication the views and opinions expressed by the interviewees are those of the interviewees and do not necessarily reflect those of the authors, those of the NHS, the NIHR, NETSCC, the HS&DR programme or the Department of Health. Published b...

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Section: Assessing Older Prisoners' Health and Social Care Needsmentioning

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Section: Assessing Older Prisoners' Health and Social Care Needsmentioning

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Validity of the EASYCare Standard 2010 assessment instrument for self-assessment of health, independence, and well-being of older people living at home in Poland

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EASYCare Standard 2010 is a brief instrument identifying concerns in health, functional independence, and well-being, from older persons’ perspective. It has not previously been validated for self-assessment. Our aim was to determine whether self-assessment (EC1) can give comparable results to an evaluation performed by professionals (EC2), for older people living at home. The study included community-dwelling individuals (aged at least 60 years, n = 100; 67 females) without dementia (abbreviated mental test score [AMTS] above 6). It comprised two assessments (self and professional), including summarising indexes: Independence score [IS], Risk of breakdown in care [RBC], Risk of falls [RF], performed within a period between 1 and 2 weeks. Additionally, during EC1, reference tests of physical and mental function (Barthel Index: 96.3 ± 6.5, Lawton scale: 6.7 ± 2.0, geriatric depression scale: 3.0 ± 2.7, AMTS: 10.2 ± 1.0) were applied to test for concurrent validity. Cohen’s kappa values (self-assessment vs. professional assessment) across all EASYCare domains were high (0.89–0.95). Results of all summarising indexes derived from self-assessment correlated strongly with reference tests. No differences were found in IS and RBC between EC1 and EC2 (8.6 ± 12.0 vs. 9.0 ± 12.7 and 1.0 ± 1.1 vs. 1.2 ± 1.4). Results of RF were higher in EC2 (1.0 ± 1.1 vs. 1.1 ± 1.4; p = 0.005), due to a different response to the item “Do you feel safe outside your home?” We conclude that self-assessment with EASYCare Standard in older people without severe functional impairment living at home can deliver valid results, similar to those obtained through professional assessment, thus providing an efficient system for assessment of relatively independent individuals.

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Development and evidence base of a new efficient assessment instrument for international use by nurses in community settings with older people

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International Journal of Nursing Studies

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Reliability of needs assessments in the community care of older people: impact of the single assessment process in England

Abstract: Statutory social services assessments better captured need following the introduction of the SAP. However, the extent to which these findings can be attributed to SAP introduction is limited by the introduction of multiple policy initiatives throughout the study period.

Cited by 11 publications

References 42 publications

Health and social care services for older male adults in prison: the identification of current service provision and piloting of an assessment and care planning model

Health and social care services for older male adults in prison: the identification of current service provision and piloting of an assessment and care planning model

Validity of the EASYCare Standard 2010 assessment instrument for self-assessment of health, independence, and well-being of older people living at home in Poland

Development and evidence base of a new efficient assessment instrument for international use by nurses in community settings with older people

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