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Commentary on Protecting my mother
- Author:
- MILNE Alisoun
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Adult Protection, 13(1), February 2011, pp.53-56.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
This paper presents a commentary on Kate Rees’ article Protecting my mother (Journal of Adult Protection, February 2011, pp.46-52). It highlights a number of the key features of the care of nursing home residents that need to be addressed if standards are to improve and abuse become a rarity. Risk is compounded for residents with dementia who often have limited communication skills and high levels of need. The fact that most residents are not known by care staff on admission is a primary challenge to offering good care, an issue that is compounded by a focus on tasks rather than relationships. The author suggests that a primary deficit is that the emotional well-being of residents is given limited attention by the care home sector or agencies tasked with inspecting them. The author concludes that raising the status of care home work, improving pay, conditions and training, and embedding person-centred values in care home practice are key to raising standards.
Depression and mental health in care homes for older people
- Authors:
- DENING Tom, MILNE Alisoun
- Journal article citation:
- Quality in Ageing, 10(1), March 2009, pp.40-46.
- Publisher:
- Pier Professional
- Place of publication:
- Brighton
Depression and dementia are prevalent mental health conditions in care homes. This article discusses the prevelence of depression and dementia in care homes; the quality of care provided; and concludes by highlighting four suggestions for improving the quality of care.
Mental health and care homes
- Editors:
- DENING Tom, MILNE Alisoun, (eds.)
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Pagination:
- 416p.
- Place of publication:
- Oxford
The editors draw on a wide range of clinical and research evidence about mental health and care homes. Care home residents are often very old, and many have multiple physical and mental health needs, meaning that their care poses particular challenges. They are also a marginalised group who are often invisible in the wider debates on quality of care including those about care homes. The writers, who include residents, family carers, staff, researchers, and clinicians, bring these issues together to help those working in the care home sector to deliver high quality care and support to both residents and staff. The book has four sections: 'the inside view' which includes several first-hand accounts of care home life; 'the outside view' which discusses the regulatory, funding, and legislative context in which care homes operate; 'mental health and care', a detailed review of the major mental and other health issues that arise in care homes, as well as interventions and services to offer support; and a section exploring the 'promotion of health and wellbeing' including examples of good practice.
An introduction to the mental health of older people: understanding later stage dementia
- Authors:
- SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE, MILNE Alisoun, GEARING Brian, WARNER Joanne
- Publisher:
- Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Place of publication:
- London
**This learning resource was removed in March 2023.** This learning object focuses primarily on the later stages of dementia and on managing the more significant or prominent challenges - and symptoms - associated with this level of dementia. The material aims to reflect, where possible, the experiences of people with dementia and their family carers. Many of the examples given are located in a care home setting although the issues are also very relevant to supporting a person with dementia in the community.