Identifying 'value' in day care provision for older people.
Day care can play a prominent part in the overall development of high quality health and social care provision for older people. This paper describes an approach to evaluating day care services which brings together costs and service users' views as a means of establishing the overall 'value'. This strategy, it is argued, underlines the purpose of day care itself as a means of promoting the independence and autonomy of older people.
Powell
Jackie
J
Department of Social Work Studies, University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton SO17 1BJ, England. jmp3@socsci.soton.ac.uk
Roberts
Helen
H
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D003631:Day Care, Medical / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards*; D004739:England; D005260:Female; D006299:Health Services for the Aged / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D011787:Quality of Health Care