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The Allied Health Professions
Drawing on case studies from optometrists, physiotherapists, pedorthists and allied health assistants, this book offers an innovative comparison of allied health occupations in Australia and Britain. Adopting a theory of the sociology of health professions, it explores how the allied health professions can achieve their professional goals.
Enabling Independence
This book is designed as a companion text for the variety of support workers in the field of rehabilitation. It recognises the diversity of roles and array of training and education options; formal routes such as S/NVQ and schemes which are tailored to an individual workplace. Therefore the focus of the book is simply to provide an accessible introduction to rehabilitating the patient, no matter what discipline or service leads this activity. Enabling Independence provides practical information by reflecting different approaches to assisting with rehabilitation. The first section introduces the framework for the book and considers the philosophy of enablement. The second section is dedicated to 'enhancing function' and details the most common activities of daily living, such as mobility and dressing. This is followed by a 'problem oriented approach' in the third section, which addresses typical problems which support workers are likely to encounter, such as patients who fall or experience fatigue. The final section considers issues in delivering the rehabilitation support, such as team working and supporting carers.
Supervision, accountability and delegation of activities to support workers
The purpose of this paper is to encourage both groups of staff engaged in the delivery of healthcare to reflect collaboratively on tasks proposed for delegation, in order to ensure that clients receive safe and effective care from the most appropriate person. Health and Social Care in the UK is undergoing rapid change as organisations restructure the delivery of services in order to provide the most efficient and effective care to service users. A wide range of drivers has led to support worker roles growing both in terms of number and in the scope of activities being undertaken. This has prompted an increasing number of enquiries to professional bodies and trade unions about their management and support. This paper has therefore been developed to help clarify the delegation process for registered practitioners and support workers and the associated issues of accountability and supervision. Research and anecdotal evidence shows that support workers throughout the UK can be working at ...
Regulating Professions
In Regulating Professions, Tracey L. Adams explores the emergence of self-regulating professions in British Columbia, Ontario, Quebec, and Nova Scotia from Confederation to 1940.
Support Workers and the Health Professions
Health care support workers (HSWs) play a fundamental role in international health care systems, and yet they remain largely invisible. Despite this, the number of HSWs is growing fast as governments strive to combat illness and address social care issues in a world of finite resources. This original collection analyses the global experience of HSWs in the UK, Japan, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Portugal, Sweden and The Netherlands. Leading academics examine issues including the interface of HSWs with the health professions, regulatory practice risks, employment challenges and the dilemmas of an ageing population. Crucial future policy recommendations are also made for a world becoming increasingly dependent on HSWs.
A national evaluation of the costs and outcomes of intermediate care for older people
Intermediate care is a key government priority, with £900 million announced in the NHS Plan. This three year evaluation from the Universities of Birmingham, Leicester and Sheffield focuses on the the factors that help and hinder the development of intermediate care, on progress to date, and on the costs and outcomes associated with different types of intermediate care. The evaluation, which was funded from the Policy Research Programme and the MRC, seeks to establish the range, spread and speed of development of intermediate care services nationally, and to explore commissioners', practitioners' and service users' views and experiences of intermediate care. HSMC's contribution to the evaluation has centred upon two main areas: Colleagues within the Health Economics Facility (HEF) have explored the costs of intermediate care schemes in relation to their outcomes and synthesised evidence on the costs and outcomes of different models of intermediate care and on best practice; HSMC col ...
The Allied Health Professions
The allied health professions have gained legitimacy through the pursuit of research evidence and the standardisation of practice. Yet there remains very little analysis or understanding of these professions. Adopting theory from the sociology of health professions, this unique text explores the sociological, economic, political and philosophical pressures that have shaped the professions. Drawing on case studies and examples from occupations including optometrists, occupational therapists and physiotherapists to emerging vocations, including pedorthists and allied health assistants, this book offers an innovative comparison of allied health professions in Australia and Britain. By telling the story of their past, this original book prepares the allied health professions for a new and different future.
"If We Can't Measure It, We Can't Do It"
Health outcomes fulfill a number of roles in the health sector. Economists, clinicians, researchers and managers use health outcomes in a range of different contexts for distinct purposes. New management approaches that use contracts as the basis for health service accountability have attempted to take health outcomes from their clinical role into a management setting. In particular, the purchasers and managers of some health services expect that service providers should demonstrate that they improve the health outcomes of their patients to justify their on-going funding. However, a number of organisations have experienced barriers to the application of the outcomes approach to health servic...
