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The Measurement of Outcome in Social Care of the Elderly

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2009

D. J. Challis
D. J. Challis
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Research Fellow, Personal Social Services Research Unit, University of Kent at Canterbury.
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Abstract

This article is concerned with the problem of measuring the outcome of interventions of Local Authority Social Services Departments in the care of the elderly. The focus is upon the intended consequences of such interventions which are more or less explicit within the social welfare paradigm appropriate to such agencies. Seven dimensions upon which the effectiveness of care provision may be assessed are identified, and pertinent literature of measurement relating to these dimensions is examined. It is argued that outcome measurement is as yet at an early stage of development and that the development of a consensus among researchers about the methods of assessment is an important goal towards which the paper is a contribution.

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Journal of Social Policy , Volume 10 , Issue 2 , April 1981 , pp. 179 - 208
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1981

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