Jennifer Beecham
Biographic Data
| ID | 4392084 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jennifer Beecham |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jennifer |
| FAMILY NAME | Beecham |
| SIGNATURE | BEECHAM J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Kent |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5147-3383 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 28 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 45 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 28 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1961 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
A good investment: Longer‐term cost savings of sensitive parenting in childhood
BACKGROUND: Good quality parenting in early childhood is reliably associated with positive mental and physical health over the lifespan. The hypothesis that early parenting quality has significant long-term financial benefits has not been previously tested. METHODS: Design: Longitudinal study with follow-up from 2012 to 2016. SETTING: UK multicentre study cohort (London, South-East England). PARTICIPANTS: 174 young people drawn from 2 samples, on…
Being occupied: Supporting ‘meaningful activity’ in care homes for older people in England
The benefits of meaningful activity in later life are well documented. Studies show that being occupied contributes to both physical and mental health as well as quality of life. Research also suggests that activity may be beneficial to people residing in care homes, including people living with dementia. This paper presents findings from a study which used the Adult Social Care Outcomes Toolkit (ASCOT) to measure quality of life in six care home…
Support for Adoption Placements: The First Six Months
Adoption can provide stability and improved outcomes for looked after children, but the support needs of adoptive families range from financial support to managing difficult behaviours and attachment problems. This study looks at the use of services and associated costs over a six-month period through data collected from nineteen adoptive parents six months after a child (average age twenty-three months) had been placed with them for adoption and…
Cost-effectiveness of telehealth in people with social care needs: The Whole Systems Demonstrator cluster randomised trial
The International Journal of Integrated Care (IJIC) is an online, open-access, peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes original articles in the field of integrated care on a continuous basis.IJIC has an Impact Factor of 5.120 (2020 JCR, received in June 2021)The IJIC 20th Anniversary Issue was published in 2021
Costs and longer-term savings of parenting programmes for the prevention of persistent conduct disorder: A modelling study
Effective implementation of evidence-based parenting programmes is likely to yield cost savings to the public sector and society. More research is needed to address evidence gaps regarding the current level of provision, longer-term effectiveness and questions of implementation, engagement and equity
Design of an internet-based health economic evaluation of a preventive group-intervention for children of parents with mental illness or substance use disorders
NTR1982
The economic consequences of deinstitutionalisation of mental health services: Lessons from a systematic review of European experience
Health and social care costs for young adults with epilepsy in the UK: Support for young adults with epilepsy
Maintaining contact with services will help improve clinical and social outcomes as children with epilepsy move into their adult lives. This study has collated evidence on the extent to which young adults with epilepsy are supported by health and social care services posttransition, and the costs of such support. UK prevalence and service use data were taken from policy and research literature, as well as national data sets and reports. Costs wer…
Residential services in Europe – findings from the Decloc study
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: This study aimed to collate and summarise statistical information on the number of people with disabilities living in all types of residential care but with a particular focus on those living in institutional care within 28 countries in Europe to analyse the costs and outcomes of the transition to community-based services in order to provide recommendations for agents in these countries to help bring about the change. The rat…
Leçons britanniques d’un transfert de ressources: Le système de dotation par patient
Les « dots » ou système de dotation par patient peuvent être définies comme des sommes globales ou des subventions récurrentes, que les autorités de la santé se donnent entre elles ou versent aux autorités locales ou aux organismes sans but lucratif, pour les soins prodigués dans la communauté, plutôt que dans un hôpital, aux personnes souffrant de troubles mentaux graves et persistants. Cet article décrit comment les dots et d'autres processus o…
Key Worker Services for Disabled Children: The Views of Parents
This study reports the findings from 68 interviews with parents of disabled children who are users of seven key worker schemes in England and Wales. The interviews which lasted for one hour each, were tape‐recorded, transcribed and analysed according to both a priori and emerging themes. The findings from this study have implications for policy and practice, for example, the necessity of protected time for key workers, the necessity of conveying …
Still the Poor Relations: Perspectives on Valuing and Listening to Foster Carers
There has long been debate regarding the treatment and status of foster carers, but this has gained added significance in the context of moves towards professionalisation and recognition of carers as part of the children's workforce. While research studies have often touched upon the extent to which foster carers feel valued, appreciated or members of a team, less attention has been given to the perspectives of social workers and managers. Drawin…
Why costs vary in children's care services
This article identifies the broad reasons why costs in children's care services might vary, illustrating them with examples from research literature relating to England. An intentionally broad use of ‘costs’ is employed. The literature has been neither systematically nor comprehensively reviewed but does include most of the recent work in the social care field. Articles have been selected to illustrate particular cost associations. This article f…
Adoption by foster carers: A profile of interest and outcomes
This paper looks at the issue of adoption by foster carers and in particular its financial aspects. The findings stem from a wider study of remuneration and performance in foster care. Drawing on a survey of 1181 foster carers, this paper examines the characteristics of those who have considered adoption. The outcomes of such consideration, including the part played by financial concerns and anticipated loss of support in decisions to proceed wit…
Young families under stress: Assessing maternal and child well‐being using a mixed‐methods approach
Supporting parents has been reinforced as central to improving children's lives. Assessment of needs, however, is crucial to the provision of effective support. This paper focuses upon the assessment of well‐being of mothers and their children in 162 young families experiencing stress in south‐east England and Northern Ireland. A mixed‐methods approach to assessment was adopted and the strengths of using face‐to‐face interviews alongside standard…
Resource use and service costs for ventilator-dependent children and young people in the UK
This paper describes the resource use and costs involved in supporting ventilator-dependent children and young people at home compared with those in hospital. Accommodation arrangements, patterns of service and resource use in the year prior to interview were recorded for 35 index cases aged 1-18 years using a piloted variant of the Client Services Receipt Inventory. Costs to the National Health Service (NHS), social services (excluding local aut…
Key worker services for disabled children: The views of staff
Provision of 'key workers' for disabled children and their families, working across health, education, and social services, has been recommended in the Children's National Service Framework. This study investigated the views of staff of key worker services concerning the organisation and management of the services. Interviews were carried out with key workers (N=50), managers (N=7) and members of multi-agency steering groups (N=32) from seven key…
Foster Carer Training: Resources, Payment and Support
This article by Kate Ogilvie, Derek Kirton and Jennifer Beecham examines key aspects of training for foster carers, using quantitative and qualitative data from a study of remuneration and performance in foster care. Three main issues are discussed: the training undertaken by foster carers and whether it is thought adequate; foster carer and supervising social worker views on NVQ level 3 training and payment for skills schemes; and how foster car…
Gaining Satisfaction? An Exploration of Foster-Carers' Attitudes to Payment
The payment of foster-carers has long been controversial, reflecting both philosophical debates as to whether fostering should be a voluntaristic or professional activity and concerns about placement provision and service delivery for children. Although many research studies have touched upon the question of foster-carers’ satisfaction with payments, this has not been explored in any depth. Drawing on findings from a study involving 1,181 foster-…
Intellectual disability, challenging behaviour and cost in care accommodation: What are the links
The paper examines the links between degree of intellectual disability, challenging behaviour, service utilisation and cost for a group of people with intellectual disabilities living in care accommodation in England. A cross-sectional survey was conducted of people with intellectual disabilities, identified via provider organisations, with supplementary collection of costs data. Multivariate analyses of cost variations were carried out for 930 a…
Services for troubled adolescents: Exploring user variation
This paper outlines some of the main findings from an exploratory study of a sample of 257 adolescents living in children's homes, foster homes and residential special schools ‘for pupils with emotional and behavioural difficulties’ (‘EBD’). It focuses on the characteristics of service users, particularly contrasting the looked after and EBD groups. Though there are some similarities, there are also important differences between the populations i…
Children with severe learning disabilities: Needs, services and costs
This study looks at how services are used by children with severe learning disabilities living at home and explores the associated total and component costs. Multivariate and bivariate analyses are employed and the results interpreted alongside information on parents' perceptions of their children's needs for healthcare. There is some evidence to suggest costs were associated with greater needs but there is also evidence of under‐provision of for…
The Quality of Life of People 12 Years after Resettlement from Long Stay Hospitals: Users' views on their living environment, daily activities and future aspirations
We report service users' views on three important domains of their quality of life in the community 12 years after resettlement for long-stay hospitals. These concerned their living environments, daily activities and future aspirations. We asked a series of open questions as part of a structured interview with service users with learning disabilities (n = 196) and mental health problems (n = 102). The study is the longest reported follow-up of de…
The virus spin running out of control
Supporting parents is central to the current government’s approach to improving children’s lives. However, little is as yet known about the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of family support services. This study evaluates one of these – Home-Start – which is currently one of the largest family support organisations in the UK. Established over thirty years ago, it offers volunteer home visiting support to families with children under five year…
Supporting young adults with hemiplegia: Services and costs
This paper lays out the service and cost consequences of supporting a nationally representative sample of young adults with hemiplegic cerebral palsy. The total costs burden and the additional costs that accrue to the public and independent sector due to their disabilities are calculated. Most of the young adults live at home. Many lead "ordinary" lives and attend further or higher education establishments or go to work. A small number of study m…
Still the Poor Relations: Perspectives on Valuing and Listening to Foster Carers
There has long been debate regarding the treatment and status of foster carers, but this has gained added significance in the context of moves towards professionalisation and recognition of carers as part of the children's workforce. While research studies have often touched upon the extent to which foster carers feel valued, appreciated or members of a team, less attention has been given to the perspectives of social workers and managers. Drawin…
The Quality of Life of People 12 Years after Resettlement from Long Stay Hospitals: Users' views on their living environment, daily activities and future aspirations
We report service users' views on three important domains of their quality of life in the community 12 years after resettlement for long-stay hospitals. These concerned their living environments, daily activities and future aspirations. We asked a series of open questions as part of a structured interview with service users with learning disabilities (n = 196) and mental health problems (n = 102). The study is the longest reported follow-up of de…
Private, Voluntary or Public? Comparative cost-effectiveness in community mental health care
English Two prominent features of mental health policy in the UK in recent years have been the run-down of hospital provision and the changing of the balance between public and other provider sectors. This article examines the cost, quality of care and outcome implications. Public, voluntary and private providers of mental health care are compared, based on a long-term study of people moving out of psychiatric hospitals in London. Costs are found…
Young families under stress: Assessing maternal and child well‐being using a mixed‐methods approach
Supporting parents has been reinforced as central to improving children's lives. Assessment of needs, however, is crucial to the provision of effective support. This paper focuses upon the assessment of well‐being of mothers and their children in 162 young families experiencing stress in south‐east England and Northern Ireland. A mixed‐methods approach to assessment was adopted and the strengths of using face‐to‐face interviews alongside standard…
Gaining Satisfaction? An Exploration of Foster-Carers' Attitudes to Payment
The payment of foster-carers has long been controversial, reflecting both philosophical debates as to whether fostering should be a voluntaristic or professional activity and concerns about placement provision and service delivery for children. Although many research studies have touched upon the question of foster-carers’ satisfaction with payments, this has not been explored in any depth. Drawing on findings from a study involving 1,181 foster-…
Adoption by foster carers: A profile of interest and outcomes
This paper looks at the issue of adoption by foster carers and in particular its financial aspects. The findings stem from a wider study of remuneration and performance in foster care. Drawing on a survey of 1181 foster carers, this paper examines the characteristics of those who have considered adoption. The outcomes of such consideration, including the part played by financial concerns and anticipated loss of support in decisions to proceed wit…
Foster Carer Training: Resources, Payment and Support
This article by Kate Ogilvie, Derek Kirton and Jennifer Beecham examines key aspects of training for foster carers, using quantitative and qualitative data from a study of remuneration and performance in foster care. Three main issues are discussed: the training undertaken by foster carers and whether it is thought adequate; foster carer and supervising social worker views on NVQ level 3 training and payment for skills schemes; and how foster car…
Intellectual disability, challenging behaviour and cost in care accommodation: What are the links
The paper examines the links between degree of intellectual disability, challenging behaviour, service utilisation and cost for a group of people with intellectual disabilities living in care accommodation in England. A cross-sectional survey was conducted of people with intellectual disabilities, identified via provider organisations, with supplementary collection of costs data. Multivariate analyses of cost variations were carried out for 930 a…
Services for troubled adolescents: Exploring user variation
This paper outlines some of the main findings from an exploratory study of a sample of 257 adolescents living in children's homes, foster homes and residential special schools ‘for pupils with emotional and behavioural difficulties’ (‘EBD’). It focuses on the characteristics of service users, particularly contrasting the looked after and EBD groups. Though there are some similarities, there are also important differences between the populations i…
Being occupied: Supporting ‘meaningful activity’ in care homes for older people in England
The benefits of meaningful activity in later life are well documented. Studies show that being occupied contributes to both physical and mental health as well as quality of life. Research also suggests that activity may be beneficial to people residing in care homes, including people living with dementia. This paper presents findings from a study which used the Adult Social Care Outcomes Toolkit (ASCOT) to measure quality of life in six care home…
Resource use and service costs for ventilator-dependent children and young people in the UK
This paper describes the resource use and costs involved in supporting ventilator-dependent children and young people at home compared with those in hospital. Accommodation arrangements, patterns of service and resource use in the year prior to interview were recorded for 35 index cases aged 1-18 years using a piloted variant of the Client Services Receipt Inventory. Costs to the National Health Service (NHS), social services (excluding local aut…
Supporting young adults with hemiplegia: Services and costs
This paper lays out the service and cost consequences of supporting a nationally representative sample of young adults with hemiplegic cerebral palsy. The total costs burden and the additional costs that accrue to the public and independent sector due to their disabilities are calculated. Most of the young adults live at home. Many lead "ordinary" lives and attend further or higher education establishments or go to work. A small number of study m…
Support for Adoption Placements: The First Six Months
Adoption can provide stability and improved outcomes for looked after children, but the support needs of adoptive families range from financial support to managing difficult behaviours and attachment problems. This study looks at the use of services and associated costs over a six-month period through data collected from nineteen adoptive parents six months after a child (average age twenty-three months) had been placed with them for adoption and…
Key worker services for disabled children: The views of staff
Provision of 'key workers' for disabled children and their families, working across health, education, and social services, has been recommended in the Children's National Service Framework. This study investigated the views of staff of key worker services concerning the organisation and management of the services. Interviews were carried out with key workers (N=50), managers (N=7) and members of multi-agency steering groups (N=32) from seven key…
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Private, Voluntary or Public? Comparative cost-effectiveness in community mental health care
English Two prominent features of mental health policy in the UK in recent years have been the run-down of hospital provision and the changing of the balance between public and other provider sectors. This article examines the cost, quality of care and outcome implications. Public, voluntary and private providers of mental health care are compared, based on a long-term study of people moving out of psychiatric hospitals in London. Costs are found…
Mental Health Care in Italy: Organisational Structure, Routine Clinical Activity and Costs of a Community Psychiatric Service in Lombardy Region
The Magenta Community Mental Health Centre (CMHC) is the public agency responsible for providing adult psychiatric care to about 85,000 adult residents. In 1995, it had 1,145 clients and incurred costs of Euro 1.9 millions. Average cost per patient and per adult resident were Euro 1,661 and Euro 22.2, respectively. These values mask large variation across diagnosis: while patients with schizophrenia and related disorders had an average cost of Eu…
The virus spin running out of control
Supporting parents is central to the current government’s approach to improving children’s lives. However, little is as yet known about the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of family support services. This study evaluates one of these – Home-Start – which is currently one of the largest family support organisations in the UK. Established over thirty years ago, it offers volunteer home visiting support to families with children under five year…
Supporting young adults with hemiplegia: Services and costs
This paper lays out the service and cost consequences of supporting a nationally representative sample of young adults with hemiplegic cerebral palsy. The total costs burden and the additional costs that accrue to the public and independent sector due to their disabilities are calculated. Most of the young adults live at home. Many lead "ordinary" lives and attend further or higher education establishments or go to work. A small number of study m…
Children with severe learning disabilities: Needs, services and costs
This study looks at how services are used by children with severe learning disabilities living at home and explores the associated total and component costs. Multivariate and bivariate analyses are employed and the results interpreted alongside information on parents' perceptions of their children's needs for healthcare. There is some evidence to suggest costs were associated with greater needs but there is also evidence of under‐provision of for…
The Quality of Life of People 12 Years after Resettlement from Long Stay Hospitals: Users' views on their living environment, daily activities and future aspirations
We report service users' views on three important domains of their quality of life in the community 12 years after resettlement for long-stay hospitals. These concerned their living environments, daily activities and future aspirations. We asked a series of open questions as part of a structured interview with service users with learning disabilities (n = 196) and mental health problems (n = 102). The study is the longest reported follow-up of de…
Services for troubled adolescents: Exploring user variation
This paper outlines some of the main findings from an exploratory study of a sample of 257 adolescents living in children's homes, foster homes and residential special schools ‘for pupils with emotional and behavioural difficulties’ (‘EBD’). It focuses on the characteristics of service users, particularly contrasting the looked after and EBD groups. Though there are some similarities, there are also important differences between the populations i…
Intellectual disability, challenging behaviour and cost in care accommodation: What are the links
The paper examines the links between degree of intellectual disability, challenging behaviour, service utilisation and cost for a group of people with intellectual disabilities living in care accommodation in England. A cross-sectional survey was conducted of people with intellectual disabilities, identified via provider organisations, with supplementary collection of costs data. Multivariate analyses of cost variations were carried out for 930 a…
Why costs vary in children's care services
This article identifies the broad reasons why costs in children's care services might vary, illustrating them with examples from research literature relating to England. An intentionally broad use of ‘costs’ is employed. The literature has been neither systematically nor comprehensively reviewed but does include most of the recent work in the social care field. Articles have been selected to illustrate particular cost associations. This article f…
Adoption by foster carers: A profile of interest and outcomes
This paper looks at the issue of adoption by foster carers and in particular its financial aspects. The findings stem from a wider study of remuneration and performance in foster care. Drawing on a survey of 1181 foster carers, this paper examines the characteristics of those who have considered adoption. The outcomes of such consideration, including the part played by financial concerns and anticipated loss of support in decisions to proceed wit…
Young families under stress: Assessing maternal and child well‐being using a mixed‐methods approach
Supporting parents has been reinforced as central to improving children's lives. Assessment of needs, however, is crucial to the provision of effective support. This paper focuses upon the assessment of well‐being of mothers and their children in 162 young families experiencing stress in south‐east England and Northern Ireland. A mixed‐methods approach to assessment was adopted and the strengths of using face‐to‐face interviews alongside standard…
Resource use and service costs for ventilator-dependent children and young people in the UK
This paper describes the resource use and costs involved in supporting ventilator-dependent children and young people at home compared with those in hospital. Accommodation arrangements, patterns of service and resource use in the year prior to interview were recorded for 35 index cases aged 1-18 years using a piloted variant of the Client Services Receipt Inventory. Costs to the National Health Service (NHS), social services (excluding local aut…
Key worker services for disabled children: The views of staff
Provision of 'key workers' for disabled children and their families, working across health, education, and social services, has been recommended in the Children's National Service Framework. This study investigated the views of staff of key worker services concerning the organisation and management of the services. Interviews were carried out with key workers (N=50), managers (N=7) and members of multi-agency steering groups (N=32) from seven key…
Foster Carer Training: Resources, Payment and Support
This article by Kate Ogilvie, Derek Kirton and Jennifer Beecham examines key aspects of training for foster carers, using quantitative and qualitative data from a study of remuneration and performance in foster care. Three main issues are discussed: the training undertaken by foster carers and whether it is thought adequate; foster carer and supervising social worker views on NVQ level 3 training and payment for skills schemes; and how foster car…
Gaining Satisfaction? An Exploration of Foster-Carers' Attitudes to Payment
The payment of foster-carers has long been controversial, reflecting both philosophical debates as to whether fostering should be a voluntaristic or professional activity and concerns about placement provision and service delivery for children. Although many research studies have touched upon the question of foster-carers’ satisfaction with payments, this has not been explored in any depth. Drawing on findings from a study involving 1,181 foster-…
Leçons britanniques d’un transfert de ressources: Le système de dotation par patient
Les « dots » ou système de dotation par patient peuvent être définies comme des sommes globales ou des subventions récurrentes, que les autorités de la santé se donnent entre elles ou versent aux autorités locales ou aux organismes sans but lucratif, pour les soins prodigués dans la communauté, plutôt que dans un hôpital, aux personnes souffrant de troubles mentaux graves et persistants. Cet article décrit comment les dots et d'autres processus o…
Key Worker Services for Disabled Children: The Views of Parents
This study reports the findings from 68 interviews with parents of disabled children who are users of seven key worker schemes in England and Wales. The interviews which lasted for one hour each, were tape‐recorded, transcribed and analysed according to both a priori and emerging themes. The findings from this study have implications for policy and practice, for example, the necessity of protected time for key workers, the necessity of conveying …
Still the Poor Relations: Perspectives on Valuing and Listening to Foster Carers
There has long been debate regarding the treatment and status of foster carers, but this has gained added significance in the context of moves towards professionalisation and recognition of carers as part of the children's workforce. While research studies have often touched upon the extent to which foster carers feel valued, appreciated or members of a team, less attention has been given to the perspectives of social workers and managers. Drawin…
Residential services in Europe – findings from the Decloc study
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: This study aimed to collate and summarise statistical information on the number of people with disabilities living in all types of residential care but with a particular focus on those living in institutional care within 28 countries in Europe to analyse the costs and outcomes of the transition to community-based services in order to provide recommendations for agents in these countries to help bring about the change. The rat…
Design of an internet-based health economic evaluation of a preventive group-intervention for children of parents with mental illness or substance use disorders
NTR1982
The economic consequences of deinstitutionalisation of mental health services: Lessons from a systematic review of European experience
Health and social care costs for young adults with epilepsy in the UK: Support for young adults with epilepsy
Maintaining contact with services will help improve clinical and social outcomes as children with epilepsy move into their adult lives. This study has collated evidence on the extent to which young adults with epilepsy are supported by health and social care services posttransition, and the costs of such support. UK prevalence and service use data were taken from policy and research literature, as well as national data sets and reports. Costs wer…
Costs and longer-term savings of parenting programmes for the prevention of persistent conduct disorder: A modelling study
Effective implementation of evidence-based parenting programmes is likely to yield cost savings to the public sector and society. More research is needed to address evidence gaps regarding the current level of provision, longer-term effectiveness and questions of implementation, engagement and equity
Cost-effectiveness of telehealth in people with social care needs: The Whole Systems Demonstrator cluster randomised trial
The International Journal of Integrated Care (IJIC) is an online, open-access, peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes original articles in the field of integrated care on a continuous basis.IJIC has an Impact Factor of 5.120 (2020 JCR, received in June 2021)The IJIC 20th Anniversary Issue was published in 2021
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