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Guidelines for the closure of care homes for older people: prevalence and content of local government protocols
- Authors:
- WILLIAMS Jaquetta, NETTEN Ann
- Publisher:
- University of Kent. Personal Social Services Research Unit
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 38p.
- Place of publication:
- Canterbury
The rise in the number of care home closures in recent years has raised concerns about the way in which residents and their relatives and carers are being affected by such relocation and the way in which it is managed. Currently there is no statutory guidance in England aimed specifically at the way in which care homes close.. This paper presents a review of local government guidelines and protocols for the closure of care homes for older people. The objectives of the study were to identify the prevalence of written guidelines and the nature of existing principles and recommendations for good practice. Thirty-three documents were analysed to identify their purpose and scope, the ways in which roles and responsibilities were defined and allocated, and suggestions and recommendations for good practice.
Closures of care homes for older people; February 2002
- Authors:
- NETTEN Ann, DARTON Robin, WILLIAMS Jaquetta
- Publisher:
- University of Kent. Personal Social Services Research Unit
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- Canterbury
Summarises research commissioned from the Department of Health investigating the causes processes and consequences of the increased number of closures of care homes for older people. The research aims to identify the rates of closures, the types of homes that are closing, and the circumstances that lead up to closure.
The closure of care homes for older people: relatives' and residents' experiences and views of the closure process
- Authors:
- WILLIAMS Jaquetta, NETTEN Ann, WARE Patricia
- Publisher:
- University of Kent. Personal Social Services Research Unit
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 63p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Canterbury
This paper describes relatives’, informal carers’ and residents’ views about their experience of care home closure and their recommendations for how the process might be better managed. The research was part of a larger study that investigated the way in which independent care homes for older people are closed from the perspective of those involved. A case study approach was used. Interviews were conducted with people connected to eight care home closures. The homes were in five local authorities, ranged in size, were mainly residential but included a nursing and a dual registered home and closed for business related reasons in 2002. The relatives’ and residents’ recommendations for good practice are summarised. During the closure process they valued openness and clear communication from providers and council staff about what was happening during the closure period. Experiences of getting information about vacancies, prospective homes, what they or others should be doing, and their right to a choice of accommodation differed. A lack of vacancy lists was identified as unhelpful as were some of the councils’ lists of homes in the area.