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A quality of life
- Author:
- FRANKLYN Alma
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 24.9.92, 1992, pp.v-vi.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Makes suggestions as to how the quality of life of black elderly people could easily be improved by those providing the services.
When time waits for no resident
- Author:
- SIDDIQUI Salma
- Journal article citation:
- Care Weekly, 20.8.92, 1992, p.11.
Results of a study of how far care practices in particular physical care and staff outcomes influence resident quality of life and autonomy.
High quality long-term care for elderly people: guidelines and audit measures
- Authors:
- ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS, BRITISH GERIATRICS SOCIETY
- Publisher:
- Royal College of Physicians
- Publication year:
- 1992
- Pagination:
- 48p.,tables,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- London
Report from a workshop. Considers some of the fundamental issues that determine the quality of long-term care and provides guidelines for good practice. Describes the Royal College of Physicians Care Package, a set of questions for care audits.
Health expectancy: first workshop of the International Healthy Life Expectancy Network (REVES)
- Editors:
- ROBINE Jean-Marie, BLANCHET Madeleine, DOWD John
- Publisher:
- HMSO
- Publication year:
- 1992
- Pagination:
- 188p.,tables.
- Place of publication:
- London
Looks at various studies devoted to disability-free life expectancy. Part 1 contains papers on: expectation of life without disability measured from OPCS disability surveys; summary of results of calculation of life expectancy free of disability in the Netherlands 1981-85; Health expectancy in Quebec 1987; recent values of disability-free life expectancy in the United States; health expectancy in Canada; data from Switzerland. Part 2 contains papers on the different types of disability-free life expectancy and the methods of calculation. Part 3 examines the interpretation of these calculations and part 4 at the uses of disability-free life expectancy.
Residential care for elderly people: the correlates of quality
- Authors:
- GIBBS Ian, SINCLAIR Ian
- Journal article citation:
- Ageing and Society, 12(4), December 1992, pp.463-482.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
Based on research commissioned by the SSI, uses a global measure of quality derived from the inspection of residential care homes, examines the correlates of this measure in a sample of local authority and independent homes in Britain and discusses the implications of the findings for policy and further research.
Homes are for living in: survey report on practical applications of homes are for living in and developments derived from it
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health. Social Services Inspectorate
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health. Social Services Inspectorate
- Publication year:
- 1992
- Pagination:
- 86p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Manchester
Update of the 1989 publication, which was a model for evaluating quality of care and life experience in residential care homes for older people. The update is a survey of SSD's, voluntary and private agencies, research and educational establishments, providing information on how they had used 'Homes are for living in'.
The CARE scheme (Continuous Assessment Review and Evaluation): clinical audit of long-term care of elderly people
- Authors:
- HOPKINS Anthony, BROCKLEHURST John, DICKINSON Edward
- Publisher:
- Royal College of Physicians
- Publication year:
- 1992
- Pagination:
- 46p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The CARE scheme aims to improve, by means of clinical audit, the quality of care and via this the quality of life of older people living in long term care.
Residential homes for elderly people: their costs and quality
- Authors:
- BLAND Richard, et al
- Publisher:
- HMSO/Great Britain. Scottish Office
- Publication year:
- 1992
- Pagination:
- 269p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Examines the effectiveness and costs of residential care in the public, private and voluntary sectors. Includes sections on: quality of care; resident dependency; staffing; costs of providing residential care for elderly people; management; case studies of 6 homes; residents' views; views of relatives and friends; costing desirable amenities and practices; and policy implications. Also includes a Quality of Care Scale.