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Caring for the older person: the skills for care induction training standards for newly appointed care workers
- Author:
- DAY Malcolm
- Journal article citation:
- Working with Older People, 10(1), March 2006, pp.16-19.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
The author looks at an induction training programme for newly appointed care workers. The article includes excerpts from the publication 'Caring for the older person', which is based on the original Topps induction standards.
Families and the nursing home environment: adaptation in a group context
- Author:
- PEAK Terry
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 33(1), 2000, pp.51-66.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Describes an eight week education support group to family members of nursing home residents in the USA to help them adapt into the nursing home environment. At the conclusion, and despite deterioration in health status of the residents, family members reported that they enjoyed their visits more than before the intervention started. Concludes that similar programmes, nursing homes can reap the benefit of enhanced family involvement.
Quick guide: Good practice in safeguarding training
- Authors:
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH AND CARE EXCELLENCE, SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE
- Publisher:
- National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2021
- Pagination:
- 4
- Place of publication:
- London
Safeguarding adults in care homes means protecting their right to live in safety and acting to prevent abuse and neglect whilst taking into account each person’s views, wishes, feelings and beliefs. Training is one way of making sure this happens. This quick guide, aimed at registered managers of care homes, explains what to cover in training and how to deliver it, including how to evaluate training in a care home. (Edited publisher abstract)
Hydration in care homes
- Authors:
- HARDING Celia, HARRISON Kirsty
- Publisher:
- University of West London
- Publication year:
- 2018
- Pagination:
- 74
- Place of publication:
- London
A practical resource pack to support the hydration of care home residents. Section 1 explores dehydration and why older people are particularly vulnerable to this problem. It considers the care home environment itself and how the structure of care may adversely affect the amount of fluid residents drink. Section 2 provides improving practice and Plan-Do Study-Act cycles and looks the factors which should be considered when planning changes in how care is delivered and methods for introducing and testing new approaches. Section 3: Strategies to improve hydration, describes strategies developed during the I-Hydrate project. It explains the aim of each strategy, what resources are needed to carry them out and some of the factors that are important to consider in getting the strategies to work in practice. Section 4: Training your staff, includes training ideas and materials for improving the knowledge of care home staff about the importance of hydration and supporting resident fluid intake. The appendices include forms for monitoring hydration care and questionnaires for residents (Edited publisher abstract)
An analysis of allied health professional training in care homes for older people in Glasgow
- Authors:
- CLELLAND Jeanette, SCOTT Danny, MCKENZIE Donna
- Journal article citation:
- Quality in Ageing, 6(3), November 2005, pp.24-36.
- Publisher:
- Pier Professional
- Place of publication:
- Brighton
The Allied Health Professional (AHP) Care Homes Training Team provides training to care staff throughout the greater Glasgow area. This study sought to elicit service user views and opinions about the team’s current provision to assist in informing prospective developments and enhancing future performance. Ten semi-structured interviews were undertaken with home management staff, which were thematically analysed. The response rate was 100%. 648 care staff had received training from the team in the ten care homes. However, only 36% of these staff remained employed by the homes at the time of the study. Therefore, only the remaining staff received postal semi-structured questionnaires. The response rate was 14% for these staff. A range of service user’s opinions and view were elicited. Topics covered included: induction training, career progression through training, training records, team training and support provision, changes implemented as a result of training. Barriers to implementing training, structure/times/content and delivery of training sessions, training gaps, information and training for managers and appropriate topics for training. Feedback was extremely positive but the study raised wider implications for older people’s care in care homes, which merit further research and debate.
Breeding ground for depression
- Author:
- LEASON Katie
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 16.06.05, 2005, pp.30-31.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The incidence of depression among older people in care homes is far higher than among those in the community. Discusses the importance of detection and treatment, and the benefits of staff training to change attitudes.
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.
Training for care: training material for staff in residential homes for elderly people
- Author:
- LOCAL GOVERNMENT TRAINING BOARD
- Publisher:
- Local Government Training Board
- Publication year:
- 1988
- Pagination:
- 136p. (looseleaf), bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Luton
Exploring the role of volunteers in care settings for older people
- Author:
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH RESEARCH. School for Social Care Research
- Publisher:
- NIHR School for Social Care Research
- Publication year:
- 2020
- Pagination:
- 6
- Place of publication:
- London
The research findings from a study to explore the role of volunteers in the provision of social care for older people. The study looked at the roles volunteers play in social care settings, the motivations of managers in seeking volunteers, the experience of the volunteers themselves, and how older people experienced volunteer involvement. The study involved volunteers in a retirement village, a care home, two day-care centres, a Time Bank (lunch club), a home from hospital support project and one physical activities programme provided in residential care homes. Key findings show that volunteers contribute to adult social care services in three ways: adding to existing care services; providing a discrete free-standing service; or substituting for care workers by filling gaps in provision. In settings where volunteers provided a discrete service or augmented provision the volunteer role had clear boundaries. Organisations that employed a volunteer coordinator/manager were more likely to have an established ‘volunteer package’ and also a clearer volunteer role. The research suggests that the contribution of volunteers is most effective, when: volunteers are able to commit to the service on a regular and consistent basis; the aims of their involvement are clear and widely understood; and proportional training. (Edited publisher abstract)
The vision for a teaching/research-based care home
- Authors:
- HOCKLEY Jo, et al
- Publisher:
- University of Edinburgh
- Publication year:
- 2017
- Pagination:
- 36
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
This document sets out a vision for establishing a teaching/research-based care home in Lothian, Scotland. Teaching/research-based care homes were first developed in the USA in the 1960s as Teaching Nursing Homes (TNHs) in response to scandals about care, and the shortage of trained geriatric healthcare staff. They became established in the mid-1980s and there was evidence that such facilities not only provided opportunities for teaching, learning and research, but also helped to reduce unnecessary hospital admissions, improve staff competencies and bring increased enthusiasm about working in care homes. Since then, similar TNHs have been developed in Australia, Norway, The Netherlands and Canada. The report sets out the teaching/research-based home's five core objective areas. These are: provision of high-quality, compassionate, innovative care for frail older people requiring 24-hour care; knowledge and skills development; training of undergraduate/postgraduate students; multi-disciplinary research, practice development and quality improvement programmes; and community engagement. (Edited publisher abstract)