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COMMUNITY OPTIONS: A NEW APPROACH IN ASSESSMENT AND THE DELIVERY OF SERVICES IN THE AGED CARE FIELD.
Author(s) -
Abbey Robert,
Hall Jeane,
Rungie Michael
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
australian journal on ageing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.63
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1741-6612
pISSN - 0726-4240
DOI - 10.1111/j.1741-6612.1987.tb00957.x
Subject(s) - negotiation , government (linguistics) , accommodation , service provider , service (business) , business , service delivery framework , process (computing) , community service , public relations , nursing , medicine , psychology , marketing , political science , computer science , philosophy , linguistics , neuroscience , law , operating system
This paper draws attention to a pilot programme sponsored by Aged Cottage Homes Inc. in South Australia with the aim of reducing the movement into residential care of elderly people assessed as urgently needing and eligible to enter such forms of care. The programme focuses directly on those factors precipitating movement into residential care. By negotiating with existing service providers, advocating on behalf of users of the programme, establishing new services which are specific to user needs, the Community Options programme has demonstrated that many users of aged accommodation services can be supported to live in their own homes. The benefits of the programme include enhanced lifestyles for elderly people, individuality of specific programs for users, close and continuing contact with users, and the process is cost effective in terms of government outlays.