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Residential and nursing homes: residents' and managers' views
- Authors:
- COONEY Margaret, WILKINSON Althea
- Publisher:
- Newham. Social Services Department
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 25p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Survey of older people placed by Newham SSD in nursing and residential care, carried out as part of the best value consultation process.
Joint focus as identities merge
- Author:
- HODGSON Geoff
- Journal article citation:
- Caring Times, November 1998, p.32.
- Publisher:
- Hawker
Reports on how two of the long term care sector's most powerful associations, Registered Nursing Home Association (RNHA) and the National Care Homes Association (NCHA), are moving quickly to amalgamate. Looks at the reasons for the merger.
Residents views and quality improvement in homes for older people
- Authors:
- BOLDY Duncan, BARTLETT Helen
- Journal article citation:
- Managing Community Care, 6(5), October 1998, pp.200-206.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
Taking the views of the residents of homes into account is an important objective in the context of community care reforms. This article describes the development in Australia of a systematic, credible approach to realising that objective and recommends a similar application in the UK.
UK public opinion on long term care
- Author:
- -
- Journal article citation:
- Registered Homes and Services, 3(5), September 1998, pp.65-66.
Presents a summary of a survey on long-term care funding, conducted on behalf of Help the Aged and General Accident Life.
Settling in and moving on: transience and older people in care homes
- Authors:
- REED Jan, PAYTON Valerie Roskell, BOND Senga
- Journal article citation:
- Social Policy and Administration, 32(2), June 1998, pp.151-165.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Examines the experiences of older people who moved into nursing and residential care homes, interviewing them at four points, from before the move to up to six months afterwards. A key finding was that older people were actively involved in the process of settling into homes and forming new friendships. Participant data also indicated that these older people had often experienced many moves in recent years, as their need for care had changed, and following them through after their inclusion in the study indicated that, for some, there were more moves to come. These data place the debates about assessment, and the identified problem of 'misplacement' in a different light.
Empowering customers and staff in a home for older people
- Author:
- WILLIS Martin
- Journal article citation:
- Generations Review, 8(2), June 1998, pp.7-8.
- Publisher:
- British Society of Gerontology
With reference to Bracebridge Court, a home for older people in North Warwickshire, looks at how empowerment of staff and clients is approached.
I spy...
- Author:
- IVORY Mark
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 11.6.98, 1998, pp.18-19.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The author takes a fly-on-the-wall look at the work of Claire Rayner, agony aunt and a member of the Royal Commission on Long-Term Care, when she visited a care home in West Sussex.
Aromatherapy's benefits
- Authors:
- KIRKPATRICK James, WOOD June
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Dementia Care, 6(3), May 1998, p.9.
- Publisher:
- Hawker
Describes the physical and mental benefits of aromatherapy for patients in an elderly mentally ill unit.
PSSRU survey of residential and nursing home care
- Author:
- DARTON Robin
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Research Review, 5, May 1998, pp.26-30.
- Publisher:
- Personal Social Services Research Unit
Outlines how, from 1st April 1993, new arrangements were introduced for the assessment of applicants for public funding for residential and nursing home care. There is considerable interest in the effects of the changes introduced on the characteristics of individuals admitted to home. Describes a study of residential and nursing home care for elderly people which provides profiles of both new admissions to homes and existing residents. In addition, the surveys were designed to enable comparisons to be made with previous surveys of residential and nursing home care.
The relationship of demographic factors, locus of control and self-efficacy to successful nursing home adjustment
- Authors:
- JOHNSON Brian D., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Gerontologist, 38(2), April 1998, pp.209-216.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Presents the findings of one study investigating demographic and psychological predictors of older adults' successful adjustment to a nursing home. Predictors included demographic variables, locus of control, and self-efficacy beliefs. Successful adjustment was defined by activity level and by positive and negative affect. Findings suggest that demographic variables were not effective predictors of successful adjustment. Perceived self-efficacy accounted for more of the unique variance in adjustment than locus of control. Results are discussed in the context of improving resident adjustment to nursing home environments.