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Who cares about care assistant work?
- Authors:
- JACQUES Ian, INNES Anthea
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Dementia Care, 6(6), November 1998, pp.33-37.
- Publisher:
- Hawker
The role and the world of the care assistant has been largely neglected by research. The author argues that if we are to explore psychosocial interventions which will enable person-centred care to occur, it is vital that we step back, explore and attempt to understand the reality of their work as they see it.
Behind labels: what makes behaviour "difficult"?
- Author:
- INNES Anthea
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Dementia Care, 6(5), September 1998, pp.22-25.
- Publisher:
- Hawker
The question of a who, or what, care assistants find difficult, and why, is a neglected area of research. Describes a research study which explores the ways in which behaviours are perceived, given meaning and therefore construed as "challenging behaviour".