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A little extra
- Author:
- HOPKINS Graham
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 15.07.06, 2006, pp.34-35.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
A policy of knocking down familiar residential care homes to replace them with new extra care units provoked concern form staff and older people in Tower Hamlets. This article reports on how both professionals and service users were eventually persuaded that it could work.
Bending the rules to provide care
- Author:
- HOPKINS Graham
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 6.12.01, 2001, pp.40-41.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
A joint inspection unit had to decide whether to seek an urgent cancellation order for a residential and nursing care home in order to safeguard the health of residents, even though it meant the home would be running unlawfully. Describes the dilemma and assesses the risk to residents.