Camberwell Assessment of Need for the Elderly: CANE [Paperback]

Fully updated, the CANE is the recommended tool for assessing the mental health needs of older people.The CANE is an internationally accepted tool for assessing the needs of older people in primary care, community, inpatient and care home settings. Written for clinicians and researchers, this second edition provides a revised overview and up-to-date evaluation of its efficacy. The forms are freely available on the CAN website.The CANE is an internationally accepted tool for assessing the needs of older people in primary care, community, inpatient and care home settings. Written for clinicians and researchers, this second edition provides a revised overview and up-to-date evaluation of its efficacy. The forms are freely available on the CAN website.The Camberwell Assessment of Need for the Elderly (CANE) is an internationally accepted tool for assessing the needs of older people. Needs are assessed in twenty-four areas of life and cover a broad range of health, social and psychological domains. Two items that measure the needs of those who care for the older person are also included. The CANE is suitable for use in research, clinical practice and for evaluating health and social services provided to older people. It has been used for over twenty years in a range of settings, populations and countries. This book outlines the evidence for its use in effectively measuring the needs of older people across primary care, community, inpatient and care home settings. Both the full version CANE and short version (CANE-S) are included, along with a detailed manual and scoring guidance. The assessment forms are freely available to download from researchintorecovery.com/can and cambridge.org.1. An introduction to needs assessment and use of the Camberwell Assessment of Need for the Elderly Kunle Ashaye, Dilini Jayalath and Juanita Hoe; 2. Self-reported needs of people with dementia living at home: a scoping review Al~bta B?rtov?, Iva Holmerov?, Vladim?ra Dost?lov?, Hana Bl?hov?