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A little extra
- Author:
- HOPKINS Graham
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 15.07.06, 2006, pp.34-35.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
A policy of knocking down familiar residential care homes to replace them with new extra care units provoked concern form staff and older people in Tower Hamlets. This article reports on how both professionals and service users were eventually persuaded that it could work.
Just add water
- Author:
- HOPKINS Graham
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 13.10.05, 2005, pp.40-41.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
After an audit it was found that 30 per cent of admissions of older people to hospital A&E departments in Buckinghamshire related to dehydration. This article looks at the training delivered to care homes as part of the response.
Recipe for retention
- Author:
- HOPKINS Graham
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 3.6.04, 2004, pp.38-39.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
A home care manager tells how she tackled recruitment and retention problems.
Lost without each other
- Author:
- HOPKINS Graham
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 12.06.03, 2003, pp.44-45.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
A man in his eighties cares for his wife who has dementia. But he is finding it increasingly difficult to cope and is having mental health problems. It was up to two social workers to decide whether to support them at home or move them into residential care.
Flooded with responsibility
- Author:
- HOPKINS Graham
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 10.01.02, 2002, pp.44-45.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
When a care home for older people had to be evacuated during a severe flood, staff had to decide whether to split up the residents in order to find safe accommodation, even though tis could lead to their isolation. A care service manager explains his dilemma to the author.
Closing remarks
- Author:
- HOPKINS Graham
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 26.01.06, 2006, pp.38-39.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
This article reports on the development of a purpose-built health and social care resource centre in South Wales. The article looks at the importance of managing the closure of a residential care home and day centre first.
House of the chastising son
- Author:
- HOPKINS Graham
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 20.3.03, 2003, pp.44-45.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Looks at the case of an 82 year-old women who suffered severe neglect while living with her son, but after a spell in residential care expressed a desire to return home. Looks at the dilemma this presented to adult protection staff.
Bending the rules to provide care
- Author:
- HOPKINS Graham
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 6.12.01, 2001, pp.40-41.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
A joint inspection unit had to decide whether to seek an urgent cancellation order for a residential and nursing care home in order to safeguard the health of residents, even though it meant the home would be running unlawfully. Describes the dilemma and assesses the risk to residents.
Is home the safest place?
- Author:
- HOPKINS Graham
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 27.06.02, 2002, pp.46-47.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Discusses the risk assessment process for one social work practitioner who had to decide whether an older women with dementia and a serious skin condition could be cared for by her husband at home, or whether her needs would be best met by her being placed at a care home.