... is too little (Weller and Barrow, 2011). A quantitative, cross-sectional study using a self-administered questionnaire was conducted to assess the current IPC among healthcare professionals at six public hospitals – four general and two specialized – distributed over the five provinces in the Gaza...

... analysis to examine how carers and professionals experienced two different approaches to engaging with carers: the Midlothian carer's assessment and VOCAL's outcomes focused approach. From this, several themes emerged which are relevant to the current debate on integration. Findings – Carers were...

... assessments. Design/methodology/approach This paper is a review of data from a survey of specialist clinicians' involvement in the single assessment process for older people. Findings The paper finds that clinician involvement was limited, with assessments not changing to a discernable degree...

...G Carpenter; David Challis; Cameron Swift This project compared the use of an evidence‐based, systematically developed, standarised assessment instrument for community care with existing assessment instruments, in two social services departments. We conclude that assessment methods without proven...

...K Kotiadis; G Carpenter; M Mackenzie This paper demonstrates how a single assessment tool can be linked to intermediate care services eligibility criteria to examine referrals and admissions to these services, by reporting on a project in a locality in East Kent. The project involved implementing...

... in ethnically diverse communities may encounter some particular barriers because of race. The article's purpose is to evaluate critically, against established research evidence, what impact ethnicity had on the way Victoria was perceived and assessed by the different professionals and organisations involved...