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A struggle for independence
- Author:
- BRIGHT Les
- Journal article citation:
- Caring Times, May 1999, p.10.
- Publisher:
- Hawker
Independence is often not a priority in assessing older people's care needs. The author looks at how this can be achieved within a residential setting.
As good as it gets - loss, dependence and independence in homes for older people
- Author:
- BRIGHT Les
- Journal article citation:
- London Age, 26, March 1999, pp.4-5.
- Publisher:
- Age Concern
Independence is one of the key principles laid down by the United Nations programme on ageing, yet the importance of independence is often not a priority in assessing older people's care needs. According to the United Nations, 'older people should be able to live in environments that are safe and adaptable to personal preferences and changing capacities'. Looks at how this can be achieved within a residential setting.
Bringing health to homes: the relationship between health services and homes for older people
- Authors:
- AVARDS Ray, BRIGHT Les, DAVIES Stephanie
- Publisher:
- Counsel and Care
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 62p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Report focusing on the access residents in care homes have to both general and specialist primary care and complementary treatments, how this health care is brought to them, and the level of choice and self determination they may exercise.
Continuing care: Division and misrule
- Author:
- BRIGHT Les
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 26.10.95, 1995, p.8.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Older people are receiving patchy services, and not surprisingly, they do not understand why. Reports on what is happening to the care system.
The choice is yours: an account of the pressures faced by older people looking for care homes
- Authors:
- ARGYLE Charlotte, BRIGHT Les, CLARKE Alison
- Publisher:
- Counsel and Care
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 90p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Report looking at whether choice for older people looking at going into residential care has widened and whether people's needs are being dealt with more appropriately now than before the landmark changes that the NHS and Community Care Act 1990 promised to introduce. Looks at older people's experiences in the context of: whose choice; who pays; timings and assessments; and a local authority case study. Makes suggestions for policy improvements, including a regulator for the residential care home industry.