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The role of professional education in promoting the dignity of older people
- Author:
- ASKHAM Janet
- Journal article citation:
- Quality in Ageing, 6(2), July 2005, pp.10-16.
- Publisher:
- Pier Professional
- Place of publication:
- Brighton
This paper considers the education of social and health care professionals who work with and care for older people. It asks whether education can promote the dignity of older people, how this may be done, what factors may ease or impede the promotion of dignity within professional education, and what part eduation plays alongside other influences on care practices. Beginning with consideration of research on the nature of professional education, the paper reviews principles of professional education, cultures and methods of teaching and learning and processes of practical apprenticeship. The paper argues that there are a number of challenges to the promotion of dignity within professional education, for example, inconsistencies in development of professional values, curriculum contradictions such as those between education for management and for direct care of older people, the balance between theory and practice and education for practice under changing real-world conditions.
Collaboration facilities and communities in day care services for older people
- Authors:
- BURCH Sarah, BORLAND Colin
- Journal article citation:
- Health and Social Care in the Community, 9(1), January 2001, pp.19-30.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This article reports on the process of carrying out a randomised controlled trial of different models of day care for older people. The trial compared the outcomes of rehabilitation in a day hospital setting with social services day centres supplemented by visiting therapists. Focuses principally on the difficulties and opportunities encountered in the process of attempting to integrate health and social care provision in a day care setting. The day centre model had several problems, principally discharge policy, acceptability, facilities and attitudes of staff and regular attendees. Positive aspects of the day centre model, as well as successful rehabilitation, included shared skills, knowledge and resources. This article suggests that collaborative working in day centres requires multipurpose facilities.
Food for thought: effective support for families caring for a child who is tube fed
- Authors:
- TOWNSLEY Ruth, ROBINSON Carol
- Publisher:
- Norah Fry Research Centre
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 163p.
- Place of publication:
- Bristol
Describes the practical, social and emotional impact of home enteral tube feeding on disabled children, their families and carers. Discusses the daily experiences of families and children coping with tube feeding; the involvement of non-parent carers and their training, guidance and insurance needs; and the support offered to families by health, education and social care professionals.