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Needs assessment in private homes for the elderly: address to the national conference of the National Confederation of Registered Rest Homes Associations,... Plymouth, 1986
- Author:
- UNIVERSITY OF YORK. Social Policy Research Unit
- Publisher:
- University of York
- Publication year:
- 1986
- Pagination:
- 12p.
- Place of publication:
- York
Promoting choice
- Author:
- HIRST Judy
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 30.4.98, 1998, p.1.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The author comments on how the burgeoning independent care sector faces the challenge - to make its commitment to offering more choices and independence to its service users a reality in practice.
Diamond rings and bathtime
- Author:
- RICKFORD Frances
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work Today, 21.1.93, 1993, p.15,17.
- Publisher:
- British Association of Social Workers
Elderly people are being forced into family or residential care - at great human and financial cost. Examines the steady shift to means testing.
Moving stories
- Author:
- THOMPSON Audrey
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 15.10.98, 1998, pp.22-24.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Reports on the problems in choosing a care home for an elderly relative in a market where change of ownership can disrupt the lives of residents.
Long stay care and the NHS: discontinuities between policy and practice
- Authors:
- TURRELL A.R., CASTLEDEN C.M., FREESTONE B.
- Journal article citation:
- British Medical Journal, 3.10.98, 1998, pp.942-944.
- Publisher:
- British Medical Association
Discusses the growing importance of the independent sector in the provision of long stay care for older people and the difficulties of providing NHS quality health care to long stay homes in the UK. Suggests some possible NHS responses.
A little something extra
- Author:
- BELCHER John
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 30.4.98, 1998, p.4.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Examines the concept of "extra care" for older people.