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Admission to residential care for elderly people
- Author:
- WALTON Dave
- Journal article citation:
- Social Services Research, 4, 1988, pp.33-38.
- Publisher:
- Social Services Research Group
Reports on a study of dependency characteristics of elderly people in residential care and in the community, the process of referral, and the role of Housing and Health Services.
In whose best interests?
- Author:
- McPHERSON B.
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work Today, 22.9.88, 1988, pp.12-13.
- Publisher:
- British Association of Social Workers
In what circumstances should the removal of an elderly person from their own home be considered; what is the social worker's role; and why are the guardianship powers of the 1983 Mental Health Act underused?.
Factors predicting admission of elderly people to local authority residential care
- Authors:
- SINCLAIR Ian, et al
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Social Work, 18(3), June 1988, pp.251-268.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Reports on a study of a sample of old people admitted to residential care designed to identify personal and social factors, and discusses the results as possible predictors.
Consumer conundrums
- Author:
- LAMONT L.
- Journal article citation:
- Residential and Day Care Weekly, 6.5.88, 1988, pp.12-13.
Choosing a private old people's home for a relative.
Wells of loneliness?
- Authors:
- BOOTH T., BILSON A.
- Journal article citation:
- Social Services Insight, 4.3.88, 1988, pp.12-14.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Publishing
Research in Fife concerning dependency in local authority old people's homes, and admission criteria.
Step inside with tender loving care
- Author:
- KELLY Des
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 21.1.88, 1988, p.16.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Admission to residential homes, and the intake of new members of staff.
How 'they' decide: exploring professional decision-making
- Authors:
- McKEGANEY Neil, MacPHERSON Isobel, HUNTER David J.
- Journal article citation:
- Research Policy and Planning, 6(1), 1988, pp.15-19.
- Publisher:
- Social Services Research Group
Considers advantages and disadvantages of employing observational and interviewing techniques - illustrated by a study of the assessment of elderly people for admission to residential care.
Home best
- Author:
- AUGUST P.
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 10.11.88, 1988, p.19.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Discusses what a social worker can do when an elderly confused client refuses to give consent to go into residential care despite overwhelming need.
Enforced removal
- Author:
- McPHERSON B.
- Journal article citation:
- Care Weekly, 28.10.88, 1988, p.9.
Describes the removal of an elderly confused woman from sheltered housing to a private nursing home and highlights the ethical issues involved.
Time to go home
- Authors:
- BUCK Madeleine, MILLS Ann
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 12.10.88, 1988, pp.42-43.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
Discharge planning begins at admission at an accident emergency ward.