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Good old home cooking
- Authors:
- MICKLEWRIGHT Anne, TODOROVIC Vera
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 3.12.97, 1997, pp.58-59.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
Investigates who makes the decisions on nutrition in nursing homes.
Critics talking 'arrant nonsense'
- Author:
- CAMPBELL Diana
- Journal article citation:
- Caring Times, March 1997, p.6.
- Publisher:
- Hawker
Reports on how plans by health and social services in Cambridgeshire to delegate more nursing tasks to unqualified staff has prompted deep disquiet among some nursing home providers.
Gender and interactions between care staff and elderly nursing home residents and dementia
- Authors:
- LINDESAY James, SKEA Derek
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 12(3), March 1997, pp.344-348.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Explores the relationship between gender and the interactions of care staff and elderly people with dementia in residential care. Findings suggest that gender may be a significant factor determining the rate of interactions between staff and residents in residential care, but further studies are required to confirm their generalizability across settings.
Setting the stage: the advocates' struggle to address gross neglect in Philadelphia nursing homes
- Author:
- HIRSCHEL Alison E.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect, 8(3), 1997, pp.5-20.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Advocates for nursing home residents in Philadelphia, USA, began discovering gross neglect in facilities owned or managed by the largest nursing home operating in the area in 1989. This article describes two of the cases and how the Corporation's policies promoted consistently substandard care. Discusses the advocates' frustrating efforts to ensure the appropriate regulatory agencies addressed the on-going neglect in these facilities and their eventual decision, on behalf of their clients, to turn to the criminal justice system for assistance.
Design for dementia: six conference papers (1995)
- Authors:
- UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING. Dementia Services Development Centre, ROYAL INCORPORATION OF ARCHITECTS IN SCOTLAND
- Publisher:
- University of Stirling. Dementia Services Development Centre
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 54p.
- Place of publication:
- Stirling
The six papers cover design for technology, landscaping and four very different buildings for people with dementia: landscaping, technology and design, group residential accommodation, and nursing homes. The papers include plans and illustrations.
Relation between premorbid personality and patterns of emotion expression in mid- to late-stage dementia
- Authors:
- MAGAI Carol, et al
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 12(11), November 1997, pp.1092-1099.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Reports on a study of nursing home patients with mid- to late-stage dementia examining the relation between preillness personality, as indexed by attachment and emotion regulation style, and current emotional behaviour. Preillness measures were completed by family members and current assessments of emotion were supplied by nursing home aides and family members; in addition, emotion was coded during a family visit using an objective coding system for facial emotion expressions. Attachment style was found to be related to the expression of positive affect, with securely attached individuals displaying more positive affect than avoidantly attached individuals. The findings indicate that premorbid aspects of personality show continuity over time, even in mid- to late-stage dementia.
The influence of community context on the preferences of older adults for entering a nursing home
- Authors:
- PEEK Chuck W., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Gerontologist, 37(4), August 1997, pp.533-542.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Previous research has established that rural elders are more likely to enter a nursing home than elders living in suburban and urban areas. This article examines preferences in the USA for long-term care alternatives using a telephone survey of older people living in the community. In contrast to admission patterns, urban elders were more likely to prefer nursing home care if unable to live independently. Rural elders may be more likely to experience discrepancies between their preferred mode of long-term care and the actual outcomes that they may ultimately experience.
Made to care
- Author:
- EATON Lynn
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 21.8.97, 1997, pp.8-9.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Discusses how Sefton Council's attempt to exploit a loophole in the law and force elderly people to use most of their savings to pay for residential and nursing care has failed following a legal challenge by Help the Aged.
From hell-hole to heaven
- Author:
- JENKINS Deirdre
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 13.8.97, 1997, pp.27-29.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
Explains how simple changes can transform care and raise morale among staff and residents in a nursing home.
Understanding the dynamics of life in care homes for older people: implications for de-institutionalising practice
- Authors:
- REED Jan, PAYTON Valerie Roskell
- Journal article citation:
- Health and Social Care in the Community, 5(4), July 1997, pp.261-268.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Describes findings of a study undertaken to examine the processes of adaptation that older people engage in when moving into nursing and residential homes. Presents data from resident interviews which indicate the importance of the relationships that they develop with each other, and also data from staff focus groups which indicates that staff have a limited awareness of this. Argues that attempts to develop practice in care homes to overcome the effects of institutionalisation, frequently promoted through the concept could benefit from a parallel recognition of the importance of resident groups in enhancing the experience of life in care homes.