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A positive environment: physical and social influences on people with senile dementia in residential care
- Author:
- NETTEN Ann
- Publisher:
- Ashgate/University of Kent. Personal Social Services Research Unit
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 134p.,tables,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Aldershot
Describes an investigation into the relationship between the residential care environment and the welfare of residents with senile dementia. Includes aspects of both the physical and social environment. Sets the results in the context of current policy issues and provides pointers for specifying standards for the care of residents with senile dementia.
A positive experience? Assessing the effect of the social environment on demented elderly residents of local authority homes
- Author:
- NETTEN Ann
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work and Social Sciences Review, 3(1), 1991, pp.46-62.
- Publisher:
- Whiting and Birch
Reports on a study of residents' functional abilities, using the Social Care Environment Scale and the effect of different regimes on the clients.
Staff hold the key to quality
- Author:
- NETTEN Ann
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Dementia Care, 2(4), July 1994, pp.18-19.
- Publisher:
- Hawker
Reports on research which examined which factors improved the quality of care in a residential or nursing home. The research showed a clear link between in-service training, higher motivation and better care.
The effect of design of residential homes in creating dependency among confused elderly residents: a study of elderly demented residents and their ability to find their way around homes for the elderly
- Author:
- NETTEN Ann
- Publisher:
- University of Kent. Personal Social Services Research Unit
- Publication year:
- 1987
- Pagination:
- 12p., tables, diags., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Canterbury
Reports on a study of 13 homes for the elderly which examined the effect of the environment on residents. It was noted that group homes provided a more favourable design, and 'meaningful points' could be seen as an aid to residents.