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Your guide to ... Indicator of relevant need in Single Shared Assessment — [examination of the standardised system for assessing older people's needs in Scotland]
Author(s)	Mike George
Journal title	Care and Health Magazine, issue 101, 15 February 2005
Pages	pp 30-31
Source	http://www.careandhealth.com
Keywords	Needs [elderly] ; Evaluation ; Social Services Departments ; Health services ; Coordination ; Scotland.
Annotation	The introduction of free personal care in Scotland has been instrumental in leading to the single shared assessment and indicator of relative need (SSA-IoRN), the equivalent in Scotland of the single assessment process (SAP) in England and the unified assessment (UA) in Wales. This article outlines the areas covered in the SSA-IoRN questionnaire: activities of daily living (ADLs); personal care; food and drink preparation; mental wellbeing and behaviour; and bowel management. It notes how this assessment measure is designed not only to give an accurate picture of need (including unmet need), but also that it helps relevant stakeholders and in planning services that are based on need. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-050228203 A
Classmark	IK: 4C: PF: L: QAJ: 9A *
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