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Preparing staff to provide a quality service in a new voluntary home: an account of how staff were selected and prepared to work in a new extra care home administered by the Abbeyfield Society, Loughborough
- Authors:
- UNWIN Hilary, WESTON Paul
- Publisher:
- Social Care Centre for Practice and Staff Development
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 39p.
- Place of publication:
- Coventry
Report and practical guide written as a result of project development work in one new voluntary home for older people with extra care needs.
Evaluating the West Glamorgan Good Care Campaign: an account of a practice and staff development initiative
- Author:
- PHILLIPSON Julia
- Publisher:
- Social Care Centre for Practice and Staff Development
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 31p.
- Place of publication:
- Coventry
Report based on project work undertaken for the Training for Care Staff Programme, which formed part of the Caring in Home Initiative. Attempts to draw out key learning points that will be useful for others similarly involved in the management of change process in residential homes for older people.
Quality lifestyles for older people with dementia: training workshops for staff based on the principle of normalisation
- Authors:
- BROWN Hilary, BENSON Sue
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- Booklet, teaching aids in pack.
- Place of publication:
- Brighton
Booklet designed to be used in training exercises on delivering services to and relating to older people with dementia or mental health problems. Includes exercises to stimulate discussion about the needs of this user group. The package is also designed to for a wide range of settings, including: multi-agency groups; staff from health, voluntary, and social services; in teams; with purchasers and policy makers; with partners, friends and family members; and as induction material for new staff.
Sound barriers: a study of the needs of older people with hearing loss living in residential care and nursing homes
- Author:
- COUNSEL AND CARE
- Publisher:
- Counsel and Care
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 21p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Older people with hearing impairment are being denied vital help. This report suggests constructive steps to be taken. Some require mere adjustments in the outlook and attitudes of staff. Services are inadequate, lack direction and suffer from lack of trained staff. These services share in a general poverty of provision for older people.
Residents' rights: a strategy in action in homes for older people
- Authors:
- BALDWIN Norma, et al
- Publisher:
- Avebury
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 222p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Aldershot
An account of a 3 year action research and consultancy project undertaken in Warwickshire SSD, which evaluated the implementation of a Charter of Residents' Rights and the effects it had on residents lives as they entered and lived in residential care.