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© British Association of Social Workers

A System for Monitoring Social Work Activity with the Frail Elderly

DAVID CHALLIS and JOHN CHESTERMAN

David Challis was trained in social work at Manchester University and has worked in hospitals and area team settings in Lancashire and Salford. He is at present Research Fellow in the Personal Social Services Research Unit, University of Kent.

John Chesterman was trained in social work at Goldsmiths College, London, and has worked in Area Teams in Essex and North Yorkshire. He is at present Research Associate in the Personal Social Services Research Unit.

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This paper describes the development of a recording system for use by social workers in the long term care of elderly people at home. The system can be used by individual staff to plot their caseload activities and by management in considering problems of resource deployment. The system consists of Assessment Document, Periodic Case Reviews, a Monitoring Chart and Costing information. The analysis of a cohort of cases in the early phase of their care are discussed and the possible range of uses for such a recording system considered.


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