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What do we know about care home managers? Findings of a scoping review
- Authors:
- ORELLANA Katharine, MANTHORPE Jill, MORIARTY Jo
- Journal article citation:
- Health and Social Care in the Community, 25(2), 2017, pp.366-377.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This article reports selected findings from a scoping review of the literature about care home managers in England. The review was undertaken between December 2013 and April 2014, with searches conducted in December 2013, and completed in July 2014. Its aim was to identify the characteristics of care home managers, descriptions of their leadership and managerial roles, their experience, skills and support, and the managers' perceptions of their work and status and to identify knowledge gaps. The databases searched included Web of Knowledge, EBSCO, ASSIA, Embase, AgeInfo, NHS Evidence, Social Care Online and the publication platforms IngentaConnect, Wiley Online and JSTOR together with specialist sites and national information providers. Sixteen relevant studies directly about care home managers, reported in 24 articles, were identified. A further body of literature pertinent to the questions was located (n = 84), including sector reports, professional press, expert opinion, enquiries and reviews, and other material, which also informed the review. A consultation exercise with stakeholders informed the findings of the review. The review found that, despite frequent allusions to their impact on organisational culture, few studies have focused on care home managers, and, such as there are, mainly relate to managers of care homes for older people. This is despite managers' major responsibilities for the care of many frail and disabled people. (Edited publisher abstract)
The participation of adult service users, including older people, in developing social care
- Authors:
- SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE, MORIARTY Jo, et al
- Publisher:
- Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Place of publication:
- London
This guide focuses on how practitioners and managers in social care can initiate and sustain the participation of adult service users, including older people, in developing social care. Although it has been designed mainly for practitioners and managers in social care, the guide will be useful to everyone involved in promoting service user participation, including people using services and family carers. Service users now play an increasingly important role in efforts to improve social care services. This guide focuses on how practitioners can initiate and sustain the participation of adult service users, in ways that empower service users and reflect a shared commitment to developing social care services in a more democratic way. (Previously published as SCIE Practice Guide no. 11).