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Sexuality and intimacy among care home residents
- Authors:
- SIMPSON Paul, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 112(10), 2016, pp.14-16.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
This article identifies barriers to addressing sexuality and intimacy needs of older care home residents and outlines simple strategies to raise awareness of them among older care home residents and staff. The article draws on the findings of study carried out in two care homes which interviewed residents and non-resident spouses, and focus-group discussions with staff at two care homes in north-west England. (Edited publisher abstract)
Step inside with tender loving care
- Author:
- KELLY Des
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 21.1.88, 1988, p.16.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Admission to residential homes, and the intake of new members of staff.
Shaping nursing home mealtimes
- Authors:
- HARNETT Tove, JONSON Hakan
- Journal article citation:
- Ageing and Society, 37(4), 2017, pp.823-844.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
A number of studies stress the importance of positive mealtime experiences for nursing home residents. However, the components that comprise an ideal nursing home meal remain unclear, reflecting the ambiguity of whether nursing homes should be framed as institutions, domestic settings or a type of hotel. In this study, nursing home meals were viewed as situations that the involved parties could continuously modify and ‘work on’. The aim was to analyse how the staff and residents shaped mealtimes by initiating frames and acting according to established social scripts. The study was based on semi-structured interviews with staff and residents and on ethnographic data, consisting of 100 hours of observations at two nursing home settings in Sweden. The analysis revealed how staff and residents interactively shaped meals using institutional, private or restaurant frames. There were three important findings: (a) an institutional meal frame was dominant; (b) there were substantial difficulties in introducing private frames and established private scripts for meals, since such meal versions are personal and not easy to transport into collective settings; (c) successful creation of private or home-like meal situations illustrates an often overlooked skill in care work. Making meals as ‘care-free’ as possible can be viewed as a way to operationalise the goal of providing a non-institutional environment in nursing homes. (Publisher abstract)
Dignity work in dementia care: sketching a microethical analysis
- Authors:
- ORULV Linda, NIKKU Nina
- Journal article citation:
- Dementia: the International Journal of Social Research and Practice, 6(4), November 2007, pp.507-525.
- Publisher:
- Sage
This study is concerned with issues of dignity in dementia care, in situations where staff members handle potential or actual conflicts and interaction problems between residents. Based on empirical data consisting of observations and video recordings in a residential facility for older people in Sweden, various coping strategies are identified in regard to whether or not, as well as when and how to interfere. Microethical analysis is used in order to discuss these coping strategies in relation to contextual conditions and ways of understanding, and values or aspects of dignity are highlighted. In dialogue with empirical data, nuances of ethical considerations are approached that are otherwise difficult to access analytically - thereby opening the door to a more reflective way of dealing with problematic situations in dementia care.
Care homes: through the eyes of the consumer
- Author:
- P&G PROFESSIONAL
- Publisher:
- English Community Care Association
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 5p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This report has been commissioned to provide the care sector with invaluable insights into long-term residential care. By evaluating the views of those directly affected by long-term care and listening to the personal experiences of the participants, the study aims to provide a platform for debate surrounding the issues currently present within the sector and to specifically identify the key factors that determine care home choice for residents, staff and relatives. The study was designed to achieve the following objectives: Provide insightful new information of value to care home operators and those working within the sector; Provide a voice for the residents, relatives and staff who make use of long-term care services for older people; Highlight to operators the factors that affect the selection of their services.
Without prejudice
- Author:
- MOSELY Philip
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 24.02.05, 2005, pp.38-39.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Reports on a project commissioned by Anchor Trust's care homes business, Anchor Homes. The project aimed to address the problems of racism, experienced by care staff working in homes in south London and Surrey. The project examined the views of 20 staff from eight of the Soutwark and Surrey care homes. The racism took the form of verbal and physical abuse from residents and, in some cases, their families. Anchor commissioned a consultation from the Residents and Relatives Association to undertake the research and write the report, working alongside the operations manager for the area.
Making a move: care-home residents' experiences of relocation
- Authors:
- REED Jan, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Ageing and Society, 23(2), March 2003, pp.225-241.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
Reports on a research study to identify patterns of relocation across care-homes, describe the strategies used by care-home staff to manage moves, and to explore older peoples experiences of relocations. A questionnaire was distributed to care homes in two English local authorities to determine the incidence of relocation. 10 homes were also approached to take party in further studies which included case-not audits and interviews with staff and 12 older people who had relocated. This article focuses on the experiences and narratives of older people involved in relocation. The study found that the pattern of moves was complex and that some residents were active in deciding to relocate and in the selection of the relocation home. However, for residents to have an active role, they must be given support to access the information required for decision-making and to implement their decisions.
The biggest difference is attitude
- Author:
- BIELBY Kate
- Journal article citation:
- Management Issues in Social Care, 2(4), 1995, pp.42-45.
- Publisher:
- OLM Systems
Discusses quality systems for residential care for older people in Cambridgeshire.
An illuminating experience
- Author:
- BOND Meg
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 13.5.93, 1993, pp.24-25.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The problems of elderly people with impaired sight in long-term residential care need to be addressed. Describes a visual loss course which helped staff and residents in a home in the Midlands.
COVID-19: Managing the COVID-19 pandemic in care homes
- Author:
- BRITISH GERIATRICS SOCIETY
- Publisher:
- British Geriatrics Society
- Publication year:
- 2020
- Place of publication:
- London
Good practice guidance developed to help care home staff, and NHS staff who work with them, to support care home residents through the coronavirus pandemic. Sections cover: identifying residents who may have COVID-19 and how to respond; isolating residents; advance care planning; decisions about escalation of care to hospital; and supporting care home residents and staff.[First published: 30 March 2020; Last updated: 02 June 2020, version 3]. (Edited publisher abstract)