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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 rate, causes and consequences of home closures
- Authors:
- NETTEN Ann, DARTON Robin, WILLIAMS Jacquetta
- Publisher:
- Personal Social Services Research Unit (PSSRU). University of Kent at Canterbury
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 56p.
- Place of publication:
- Canterbury
This report describes the study on the causes, processes and consequences of home closure. A survey of registration and inspection units was conducted to identify rates of closure, the proportions of closures that were due to business reasons, changes in registration, the consequences for supply and the views of unit managers