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Protected to blazes
- Author:
- BUSH Simon
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 30.8.90, 1990, p.13.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Claims that draconian fire regulations mean that elderly people are becoming incarcerated in some residential homes, and argues for a code of conduct based on calculated risk.
How would you like it?
- Author:
- BROWN Derek
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 8.11.90, 1990, pp.24-25.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Listening to consumers can offer important insights and a useful way of checking quality - examines options of local authority home users, following an SSI survey of residents.
Your guide to residents' rights in nursing homes: a Federal Government initiative
- Authors:
- AUSTRALIA. Department of Health, Housing and Community Services
- Publisher:
- Australia. Department of Health, Housing and Community Services
- Publication year:
- 1990
- Pagination:
- 84p.
- Place of publication:
- Canberra, ACT
A caring home: improving quality and standards of care in homes and hospitals for the elderly; a conference report
- Author:
- BRITISH GERIATRICS SOCIETY
- Publisher:
- British Geriatrics Society
- Publication year:
- 1990
- Pagination:
- 19p., tables, bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- London
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Personal social services local authority statistics: residential accommodation for elderly and younger physically handicapped people; all residents... 13.3.84-31.3.89 England
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 1990
- Pagination:
- n.p., tables.
- Place of publication:
- London
Personal social services local authority statistics: residential accommodation for elderly and for younger physically handicapped people: loc. auth. supported residents...31/3/87 England
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 1990
- Pagination:
- 70p., tables.
- Place of publication:
- London
Groupwork in residential settings for elderly people
- Author:
- MULLENDER Audrey
- Journal article citation:
- Groupwork, 3(3), 1990, pp.286-301.
- Publisher:
- Whiting and Birch
Suggest a range of possible uses of groups, including discussion and activity group, residents' forums, authority-wide forums, to improve the quality of life for elderly residents.
Depression among elderly residents of local-authority residential homes: its nature and the efficacy of intervention
- Author:
- AMES D.
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 156, May 1990, pp.667-675.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
Reports on a research project which showed that depressed residents had a high rate of physical illness and disability and little social interactions.
Activities
- Author:
- ARCHIBALD Carole
- Publisher:
- University of Stirling. School of Human Sciences
- Publication year:
- 1990
- Pagination:
- 113p.,illus.
- Place of publication:
- Stirling
Set of tried and tested activities for dementia sufferers in both residential and day care. Includes life history books, reminiscence, sensory stimulation, reality orientation, physical activity, quizzes, gardening, and social outings and activities.
Caring for people: help at the frontline
- Author:
- ROGERS Jenny
- Publisher:
- Open University Press
- Publication year:
- 1990
- Pagination:
- 175p.,list of orgs,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Milton Keynes
Practical guidance for people working with the elderly such as care support workers and assistants working in private and local authority residential homes, as home care assistants, as auxiliaries in hospitals or as trainee social workers. Includes chapters on what it is like to be a client; help with daily living; listening and talking; dealing with emergencies; and death and bereavement.