The needs of informal carers: a proposed assessment tool for use by public health nurses

Abstract

The carers and PHNs found the assessment tool to be useful and comprehensive in its approach. However, it requires modification, with specific attention being paid to the validity and reliability of the tool.

Discharging older people from hospital to home: what do we know?

“…Research consistently demonstrates that there is a greater demand for information regarding discharge from the carers and family than from the users of services (Tierney & Closs, 1993). According to Syron (2001) most health care in the community is provided by informal carers, yet it is only in recent years that their needs have begun to be highlighted. The increasing role of family in supporting older people following discharge was identified in research by Waters et al.…”

A possible way out of poor healthcare resulting from demographic problems: need-orientated home-based-nursing-care and nursing-home-care

“…1996, Pöhlmann & Hofer 1997, Fuchs 1998, Faison et al. 1999, Klie 1999, Ewers & Schaeffer 2000, Gilberg 2000, Künemund & Hollstein 2000, Schaeffer 2000, Fleming Courts et al 2001, Schaeffer & Moers 2000, Schulz‐Nieswandt 2000, Noelle‐Naumann & Haumann 2001, Syron & Shelley 2001, Bartholomeyczik 2002, Moers & Schaeffer 2002, Stuck et al. 2002, Tichawa 2002, Wackerbarth & Johnson 2002, Wingenfeld & Schnabel 2002, Frich 2003).…”

Assessment of dependency levels of older people in the community and measurement of nursing workload

“…2002). It would appear that members of the general public rely on PHNs to interpret community entitlements on their behalf (Syron & Shelley 2001, McKeown 2007). Recent reports have emphasized the difficulties experienced by carers and families in accessing information about entitlements to community service (Comhairle 2002, Browne 2005).…”