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Not only bingo: a study of good practice in providing recreation and leisure activities for older people in residential care and nursing homes
- Author:
- COUNSEL AND CARE
- Publisher:
- Counsel and Care
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 56p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
This report calls for greater efforts to be made to give residents in homes more fulfilling lives. Looks at Whitgift House in Croydon, Nightingale House in Balham and Glossoms End in Berkhamsted.
Home in on quality: a good practice guide for staff working in residential and nursing homes
- Author:
- COUNSEL AND CARE
- Publisher:
- Counsel and Care
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 54p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Contains a series of eight guides written specifically with care assistants in mind and designed for everyone involved in the direct care of working in residential and nursing homes. Booklets include: privacy; meal times; restraint; leisure in homes; coping with death in homes; helping resident to hear; dementia; abuse in homes.
Moving to quality: good practice for staff in residential care and nursing homes
- Author:
- COUNSEL AND CARE
- Publisher:
- Counsel and Care
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 8 booklets in pack.
- Place of publication:
- London
Eight self contained booklets aimed specifically at care assistants. Each book looks at an issue as it affects people in residential care and nursing homes and discusses how staff can improve their working practice with input and support from their managers and colleagues. Issues are addressed in a practical and accessible format and are ideal for induction programmes, on the job training, or as an aide to study on college courses. The booklets are: new residents; health care; Parkinson's Disease; continence; sight loss; fostering residents' self determination; working in a multi cultural environment; and personal and spiritual values.