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Are you being heard?: a review of access to advocacy services for older people in care homes in Northern Ireland
- Authors:
- REGULATION AND QUALITY IMPROVEMENT AUTHORITY, HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES COUNCILS OF NORTHERN IRELAND
- Publisher:
- Regulation and Quality Improvement Authority
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 55p.
- Place of publication:
- Belfast
Reports on the findings of an audit which aimed to report on access to: advocacy services for older people in publicly funded places in care homes; assess the current extent of available advocacy services; identify strengths and weaknesses in current arrangements; highlight best practice; and support improvement by identifying a way forward. Methods to gather information included: questionnaires to care homes; focus groups of relatives and residents; and a reference group for stakeholders. Recommendations are presented.