Looks at how care homes are turning to private agencies to promote their services in an intensely competitive manner. Asks whether hotel-style rating systems and partnering deals with GPs really promote use choice.
Looks at how care homes are turning to private agencies to promote their services in an intensely competitive manner. Asks whether hotel-style rating systems and partnering deals with GPs really promote use choice.
Subject terms:
mixed economy of care, older people, residential care, standards, care homes, contract procedures, equal opportunities, evaluation, general practitioners;
The author hears how social worker Ann Bates and a multi-disciplinary team in Havering took fast action to assess the dilemmas posed by the attempt to admit an elderly patient with dementia into residential care.
The author hears how social worker Ann Bates and a multi-disciplinary team in Havering took fast action to assess the dilemmas posed by the attempt to admit an elderly patient with dementia into residential care.
Subject terms:
multidisciplinary services, older people, residential care, risk, social services, social work, social workers, teamwork, voluntary organisations, care homes, community mental health nurses, decision making, dementia, general practitioners, health care, multidisciplinary teams;