Further information and resources

Summary

'Reducing depression among older people receiving care', North Yorkshire and York Primary Care Trust, 2007.

Click on the above red link for this comprehensive summary of the project's methods and findings. Also obtainable as a 4 page printed bulletin - send stamped, self-addressed envelope to contact address at end of this page. Bulk orders are negotiable via the contact e-mail.

Full research report

K.J.Lyne, S.Moxon, I.Sinclair, P.Young, C.Kirk, & S.Ellison: ‘Analysis of a care planning intervention for reducing depression in older people in residential care’ Aging & Mental Health, July 2006, Volume 10, Issue 4, pages 394-403. 

Click on the red link for full text, courtesy of the publisher, Taylor and Francis.

This is an electronic version of an article published in Aging & Mental Health © July 2006 Copyright Taylor and Francis. Aging and Mental Health is available online at http://www.informaworld.com

http://www.informaworld.com/openurl?genre=article&issn=1360-7863&issue=4&spage=394&volume=10

Report on pilot study

Sallie Moxon, Kenneth Lyne, Ian Sinclair, Philip Young and Christine Kirk  ‘Mental health in residential homes: a role for care staff’, Ageing and Society, 2001, Volume 21, pages 71-93. 

Full text of this report is available on the above red link by kind permission of Cambridge University Press

Additional information on intervention methods

Chapter 8 , Sallie Moxon The role of care staff in identifying and managing depression in Residential Homes – an investigative study.  PhD Thesis, University of York, 2003.

The Training Programme. Facts about the programme of training and mentoring for care staff, which was used in the project.

Full text via the red links.

'Reducing depression in care homes - what can managers do to help?' Caring Times, September 2007.

'Reducing depression: how older people's care workers can help'  Community Care,12 November 2008.

Training materials / training opportunities

Work is currently in progress on enabling other services to utilise the training methods and materials used in this project. Further information will be posted here in due course. If you are interested in this opportunity, please communicate via the contact e-mail below.

Contact

Mental Health in Residential Homes Project, Psychology Services, North Yorkshire & York Primary Care Trust, Bootham Park, York YO30 7BY, UK. Tel:+44(0)1904 725725. Fax:+44(0)1904 726851

Contact person: Dr Jake Lyne, c/o tracey.daniels@nyypct.nhs.uk