ÿþ<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN'> <html><head><title>Title Page</title><meta http-equiv='Content-Type' content='text/html; charset=iso-8859-1'><style type='text/css'>h1 { margin:0px 0px 0px 0px; padding:0px; font-size:large; font-weight:900; font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; text-align:center; color:#000; }h2 { font-size:medium; font-weight:900; font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin:10px 0px -2px 0px; padding:0px; color:#000; }h2.myclass { font-size:medium; font-weight:900; font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin:10px 0px -2px 0px; padding:0px; color:#000; text-align:center;}h3 { font-size:13px; font-weight:700; font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin:0px 0px -1px 0px; padding:0px; color:#07a; }h3.myclass { font-size:13px; font-weight:700; font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin:0px 0px -1px 0px; padding:0px; color:#07a; text-align:center;}h4 { font-size:x-large; font-family:garamond, serif; color:#09f; text-align:center; margin:0px 0px 5px 0px; padding:0px;}h5 { font-size:13px; font-family:verdana, arial,sans-serif; font-weight:600; margin:0px 0px 5px 50px; padding:0px;}i.myclass{color:#07a;}</style></head><body> <H1> Area Home Help and Home Care Staff Use of Time, 1978 </H1> <H3 class='myclass'> UKDA study number:1568</h3> <H2 class='myclass'>Principal Investigator</H2> <H3 class='myclass'> Lothian Region. Regional Council. Department of Social Work<br> </H3> <H2 class='myclass'>Distributed by</H2> <H3 class='myclass'>UK Data Archive, University of Essex, Colchester.</H3> <H3 class='myclass'> </H3> <div style='page-break-before:always'></div> <H1>&nbsp;</H1><H1>Bibliographic Citation</H1> <H5> All works which use or refer to these materials should acknowledge these sources by means of bibliographic citation. To ensure that such source attributions are captured for bibliographic indexes, citations must appear in footnotes or in the reference section of publications. The bibliographic citation for this data collection is: </h5> <H5> Lothian Region. Regional Council. Department of Social Work, <i> Area Home Help and Home Care Staff Use of Time, 1978</i> [computer file]. Colchester, Essex: UK Data Archive [distributor], 1981. SN: 1568, http://dx.doi.org/10.5255/UKDA-SN-1568-1 </h5><H1>&nbsp;</H1> <H1 >Acknowledgement</h1> <h5> Any publication, whether printed, electronic or broadcast, based wholly or in part on these materials, should acknowledge the original data creators, depositors or copyright holders, the funders of the Data Collections (if different) and the UK Data Archive, and to acknowledge Crown Copyright where appropriate. <br> Any publication, whether printed, electronic or broadcast, based wholly or in part on these materials should carry a statement that the original data creators, depositors or copyright holders, the funders of the Data Collections (if different) and the UK Data Archive bear no responsibility for their further analysis or interpretation. </h5><H5>&nbsp;</H5> <H1>Disclaimer</H1> <h5> Although all efforts are made to ensure the quality of the materials, neither the original data creators, depositors or copyright holders, the funders of the Data Collections, nor the UK Data Archive bear any responsibility for the accuracy or comprehensiveness of these materials.<br> </h5><h5>&nbsp;</h5><h5>All rights reserved. No part of these materials may be reproduced, stored in, or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form, or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise) without the prior written permission of the UK Data Archive.<br><br>UK Data Archive<br> University of Essex<br> Wivenhoe Park<br> Colchester<br> Essex C04 3SQ<br> United Kingdom<br>www.data-archive.ac.uk <br><br> </h5> <h2 style='page-break-before:always'> 1568 . Area Home Help and Home Care Staff Use of Time, 1978<br> </h2><h3>&nbsp;</h3> <h3>Depositor:</h3> <h5>Osborn, A. , Lothian Region. Regional Council. Department of Social Work</h5> <h3>Principal Investigator:</h3> <h5>Lothian Region. Regional Council. Department of Social Work</h5> </H5> <h3> Abstract: </h3> <h5>This study aimed to explore the time spent on various types of activity by Area Team based Home Help/Home Care Organisers, supervisors and clerical staff. There was concern about the proportion of time available to organisers and supervisors for visiting clients. Client visits are for the purpose of assessment and review.</h5><h3>Main Topics:</h3><h5> Variables<br> Diaries were kept listing the following activities:<br> 1. Visits to Home Help clients<br> 2. Writing reports re visits to Home Help clients<br> 3. Liaison on behalf of Home Help clients<br> 4. Work allocation to Home Helps<br> 5. Work relating to Home Help pay and client accounts<br> 6. Home Help recruitment<br> 7. Home Help support and supervision<br> 8. Work relating to other services for which the Home Help/Care section had responsibility<br> 9. Meetings<br> 10. Miscellaneous activities.</h5> <h3>Coverage: </h3><h5> <br><i class='myclass'>Dates of Fieldwork: </i> 3 April 1978 - 14 April 1978 <br><i class='myclass'>Country: </i> Scotland <br><i class='myclass'>Geography: </i> Lothian Region <br><i class='myclass'>Observation Units: </i> Individuals; Institutions/organisations </h5> <h3>Universe Sampled: </h3><h5> <i class='myclass'>Location of Units of Observation:</i> Subnational <br><i class='myclass'>Population:</i> All area team based organisers, supervisors and clerical staff in the Lothian Region Social Work Department </h5> <h3>Methodology: </h3><h5> <i class='myclass'>Time Dimensions: </i> Cross-sectional (one-time) study <br><i class='myclass'>Sampling Procedures: </i> No sampling (total universe) <br><i class='myclass'>Number of Units:</i> 64 (target) 64 (obtained) <br><i class='myclass'>Method of Data Collection: </i> Diaries </h5><h3>Language(s) of Written Materials: </h3> <h5>Study Description: English<br>Study Documentation: English<br></h5> <h3>Access: </h3><h5> <i class='myclass'>Access Conditions: </i> The depositor has specified that registration is required and standard conditions of use apply. The depositor may be informed about usage. See <a href='/orderingdata/termsandConditions.asp'>terms and conditions</a> for further information. <br><i class='myclass'>Availability: </i> ESDS Access and Preservation, UK Data Archive <br><i class='myclass'>Contact: </i></b> Help desk: help@esds.ac.uk<br> </h5> <h3>Date of First Release:</h3><h5> 1981<br></h5> <br><br> <h3> File last updated: </h3> <h5>19 December 2011</h5> </body></html>