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

Paul Clarkson | Zendy; Michele Abendstern | Zendy; Caroline Sutcliffe | Zendy; Jane Hughes | Zendy; David Challis | Zendy

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

Author(s) -

Paul Clarkson,

Michele Abendstern,

Caroline Sutcliffe,

Jane Hughes,

David Challis

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.916

H-Index - 82

eISSN - 1741-3850

pISSN - 1741-3842

DOI - 10.1093/pubmed/fdp035

Subject(s) - statutory law , cohen's kappa , needs assessment , reliability (semiconductor) , apathy , observational study , statistic , medicine , identification (biology) , gerontology , psychology , environmental health , actuarial science , business , psychiatry , statistics , political science , power (physics) , physics , cognition , mathematics , botany , pathology , quantum mechanics , law , biology

The single assessment process (SAP) for older people, introduced in England across health and social care agencies from April 2004, aimed at improving assessment processes. We examined the impact of this policy in terms of the reliability of needs identification within statutory social services assessments.

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