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PSSRU survey of residential and nursing home care
- Author:
- DARTON Robin
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Research Review, 5, May 1998, pp.26-30.
- Publisher:
- Personal Social Services Research Unit
Outlines how, from 1st April 1993, new arrangements were introduced for the assessment of applicants for public funding for residential and nursing home care. There is considerable interest in the effects of the changes introduced on the characteristics of individuals admitted to home. Describes a study of residential and nursing home care for elderly people which provides profiles of both new admissions to homes and existing residents. In addition, the surveys were designed to enable comparisons to be made with previous surveys of residential and nursing home care.
The cost implications of the changing population and characteristics of care homes
- Authors:
- DARTON Robin, NETTEN Ann, FORDER Julien
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 18(3), March 2003, pp.236-243.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
A survey of care homes for older people was conducted in 21 local authorities in England in 1996. A complete response was obtained for 618 homes (75%) and 11,900 residents. Findings were compared with surveys conducted in 1986 and 1988. Dependency was significantly related to prices, primarily due to the differential payments to nursing and residential homes. Home characteristics were also related to price, the proportion of single rooms having the largest impact. However, prices were most sensitive to local wage rates, particularly in residential homes. Compared with previous surveys levels of dependency had increased, particularly in voluntary residential homes and nursing homes. Independent homes were more likely to be purpose built, and a higher proportion of beds were in single rooms, although only 30% of private residential, dual registered and nursing homes achieved the proposed level of 80% of beds in single rooms. Staffing ratios appeared to have increased, but price rises were modest, particularly for nursing homes.
Closures of care homes for older people; February 2002
- Authors:
- NETTEN Ann, DARTON Robin, WILLIAMS Jaquetta
- Publisher:
- University of Kent. Personal Social Services Research Unit
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- Canterbury
Summarises research commissioned from the Department of Health investigating the causes processes and consequences of the increased number of closures of care homes for older people. The research aims to identify the rates of closures, the types of homes that are closing, and the circumstances that lead up to closure.
The rate, causes and consequences of home closures
- Authors:
- NETTEN Ann, DARTON Robin, WILLIAMS Jacquetta
- Publisher:
- Personal Social Services Research Unit (PSSRU). University of Kent at Canterbury
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 56p.
- Place of publication:
- Canterbury
This report describes the study on the causes, processes and consequences of home closure. A survey of registration and inspection units was conducted to identify rates of closure, the proportions of closures that were due to business reasons, changes in registration, the consequences for supply and the views of unit managers
Self-Funded admissions to care homes; research report no. 159; Department for Work and Pensions
- Authors:
- NETTEN Ann, DARTON Robin, CURTIS Lesley
- Publisher:
- Corporate Document Services; Great Britain. Department for Work and Pensions
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 183p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Leeds
Presents findings from a survey to explore the circumstances of elderly people who fund their own admissions into residential or nursing homes. The survey collected information about 921 new admissions to residential and nursing care homes in Great Britain between January 1999 and March 2000, spread across 270 nursing, residential and dual registered homes. Contents include: home characteristics; the residents; home and assets; charges, spend-down and life expectancy.
PSSRU/CHE survey of residential and nursing homes: preliminary information on the characteristics of homes and residents and patients in non-statutory homes, and comparisons with the public sector
- Authors:
- DARTON Robin, WRIGHT Ken
- Publisher:
- University of Kent. Personal Social Services Research Unit
- Publication year:
- 1990
- Pagination:
- 48p.,tables,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Canterbury
Presents the results of a survey of private and voluntary registered residential care and nursing homes for the Department of Health and Social Security. Includes a description of the trends in levels of provision, comparisons of the facilities provided and the characteristics of residents and patients in the nursing homes and residential homes covered in the survey. Also makes a comparison between the data collected in previous PSSRU/CHE surveys of 1970/71, 1981 and 1886/87.