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The closure of care homes for older people: relatives' and residents' experiences and views of the closure process
- Authors:
- WILLIAMS Jaquetta, NETTEN Ann, WARE Patricia
- Publisher:
- University of Kent. Personal Social Services Research Unit
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 63p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Canterbury
This paper describes relatives’, informal carers’ and residents’ views about their experience of care home closure and their recommendations for how the process might be better managed. The research was part of a larger study that investigated the way in which independent care homes for older people are closed from the perspective of those involved. A case study approach was used. Interviews were conducted with people connected to eight care home closures. The homes were in five local authorities, ranged in size, were mainly residential but included a nursing and a dual registered home and closed for business related reasons in 2002. The relatives’ and residents’ recommendations for good practice are summarised. During the closure process they valued openness and clear communication from providers and council staff about what was happening during the closure period. Experiences of getting information about vacancies, prospective homes, what they or others should be doing, and their right to a choice of accommodation differed. A lack of vacancy lists was identified as unhelpful as were some of the councils’ lists of homes in the area.
Movement and change: independent sector domiciliary care providers between 1995 and 1999
- Authors:
- WARE Patricia, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Health and Social Care in the Community, 9(6), November 2001, pp.334-340.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This article highlights some of the ways the independent domiciliary care sector is changing, as local authorities shift the balance of their provision towards independent sector provider and away from a reliance on in-house services. It reports on two surveys of independent domiciliary care providers which were carried out in 1995 and 1999. The studies describe the main features of providers organisations, such as size of business, client group and funding sources; examine the nature of provider motivations and their past and future plans; consider how local authorities manage the supply side of social care markets; and examine the effects on providers of the development of the mixed economy. The research illustrates a domiciliary care market that is still relatively young with many small but growing businesses. There are considerable differences in the split between in-house and independent sector services in individual authorities and a common perception among independent providers that in-house services receive favourable treatment and conditions. Concludes that there remains an ongoing need to share information between local authorities and independent providers so that good working relationships can develop with proven and competent providers.