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| Accessing and interviewing the oldest old in care homes | | Author(s) | Malcolm Fisk, Veronica Wigley |
| Journal title | Quality in Ageing - Policy, practice and research, vol 1, no 1, September 2000 |
| Pages | pp 27-33 |
| Keywords | Residents [care homes] ; Care homes ; Nursing homes ; Interviewing ; Methodology. |
| Annotation | Gaining access to and interviewing older people in residential and nursing homes (care homes) presents a number of methodological challenges, as was the case in a recent survey of more than 900 residents undertaken for the Office of Fair Trading (OFT). That survey helped underpin a broader view of care homes reflecting the OFT's concerns about the "potential for detriment" for residents as consumers of services. Notable are the ways in which it was attempted to maximise inclusion of people with cognitive impairments through devising what was regarded as an appropriate screening test reflecting the demands of planned interviews. A discussion for using proxies (for those failing the screening test) points to their inability to fairly represent the views of cognitively impaired residents. Also explored are the way in which access to residents was obtained, and the issues concerning the gate-keeping role of home owners and managers. Questions relating to the associated rights of residents and third party interests are considered. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-000925203 A |
| Classmark | KX: KW: LHB: 3DL: 3D |
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