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Find the right care home: a step-by-step companion
- Authors:
- HURTLEY Rosemary, JONES Julia Burton
- Publisher:
- Age Concern England
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 192p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This book guides the reader step-by-step through the process of finding the right care home for a loved one.
Support for relatives: a partnership approach
- Authors:
- HURTLEY Rosemary, WOODGER Michele
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Dementia Care, 17(2), March 2009, pp.22-24.
- Publisher:
- Hawker
The first author describes how she and the care home manager started a relatives group at her mother's care home. The second author, the care home manager, then gives her account.
The successful activity co-ordinator: a learning resource for activity and care staff engaged in developing an active care home
- Authors:
- HURTLEY Rosemary, WENBORN Jennifer
- Publisher:
- Age Concern
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 250p.
- Place of publication:
- London
- Edition:
- 2nd
The second edition of this pack contains information, ideas and resources for those engaged in activities and leisure pursuits with older people in residential, nursing and care homes. It contains new material on the effects of bereavement; the significance of spirituality; falls; learning in older age; positive person work; multisensory stimulation; outings and social activities, spiritual activities; engaging people with dementia in activity; promoting physical activity; and involving relatives and the wider community.
Achieving excellence in person-centred living
- Author:
- HURTLEY Rosemary
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing and Residential Care, 14(2), February 2012, pp.99-102.
- Publisher:
- MA Healthcare Ltd.
- Place of publication:
- London
The 360 Standard Framework is a tool developed to help care homes to go beyond meeting basic standards of care to achieving excellence through person-centred outcomes. The article explores the 360 Standard Framework, where positive relationships between and among residents, staff and residents are seen as central to the quality of life experience of all. The article then considers how the framework is used to diagnose the cultures from the perspective of residents, staff and relatives and also comments on the results of one evaluation to help care homes move towards excellence in person-centred living.
Dying with dignity: improving end-of-life care in residential homes
- Author:
- HURTLEY Rosemary
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Dementia Care, 18(4), July 2010, pp.18-19.
- Publisher:
- Hawker
This article describes the author’s personal experience of her mother’s end-of-life experience to highlight best practice in end-of-life care for people with dementia living in care homes. It describes how planning ahead enabled her mother to end her life in a place where she was known well, felt safe and secure, and was surrounded by the familiar. A coordinated end-of-life plan was drawn up, involving the GP, district nurse, care home management and family representatives. The Liverpool Care Pathway was used. The plan included issues such as mouth care, skin care and swallowing difficulties, and how long antibiotics would continue to be used.