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Small board-and-care homes: residential care in transition
- Authors:
- MORGAN Leslie A., ECKERT J. Kevin, LYON Stephanie M
- Publisher:
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 245p.,tables,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Baltimore, MD
Research study looking at long term care for older people in the United States, and in particular at services for people over 85. Examines the use of small homes offering board and care as community based alternatives to long term residential care. Looks at: the board and care environment; financial issues; owners, operators and managers; the residents; social support and relationships in the homes; and at the future of small board and care homes.
Last rights: a study of how death and dying are handled in residential care and nursing homes
- Author:
- COUNSEL AND CARE
- Publisher:
- Counsel and Care
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 54p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Report of a study of how death is faced and supported in 6 residential care and nursing homes, providing models of good practice.
Inspection of residential care for older people: Oldham Social Services Department; June 1994
- Authors:
- SARKAR Rana, COPE Charles
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health. Social Services Inspectorate. North West In
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 45p.
- Place of publication:
- Manchester
Care betrayed: a discussion of the issues which give rise to abuse in homes
- Author:
- BRIGHT Les
- Publisher:
- Counsel and Care
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 35p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Residential care for older people: the concept of choice
- Author:
- WOOD Susan
- Publisher:
- Social Care Association
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 46p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Surbiton
Looks at the historical development of residential care for older people, the process of admission to residential care, residential care and community care, and the notion of choice in recent policy developments.
Two kinds of significance of place in old age
- Author:
- BISSELL Gavin
- Journal article citation:
- Elders the Journal of Care and Practice, 3(4), December 1994, pp.57-64.
The article is concerned about the social care of older people in relation to decisions about risk or residence, where social work and social care staff are involved, because they often reflect implicit theories of significance of place to the elderly. Examines two theories of significance of placement, together with some of their practice implications.
Stocking up on Christmas cheer
- Author:
- WERTHEIMER Alison
- Journal article citation:
- Care Weekly, 8.12.94, 1994, p.14.
Christmas can be difficult for many people. Suggests ways in which staff can reduce the stress on themselves and their clients.
Four into one will go...
- Author:
- TOOTH John
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Dementia Care, 2(6), November 1994, pp.15-17.
- Publisher:
- Hawker
The ADARDS nursing home in Tasmania provides domestic scale care for the most disturbed people with dementia at two-thirds of the cost of a psychiatric hospital bed. Explains the thinking behind the project's success.
Environmentally friendly
- Author:
- SUMPTON John
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Dementia Care, 2(5), September 1994, p.9.
- Publisher:
- Hawker
Larger units, of up to thirty beds, can give residents the space and living choices they need to function at their best.
Never too late to fall in love
- Author:
- ARCHIBALD Carole
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Dementia Care, 2(5), September 1994, pp.20-21.
- Publisher:
- Hawker
Discusses a framework for appropriate action towards sexual expression by people with dementia.