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Trained to care?
— investigating the skills and competencies of care assistants in homes for older people | | Author(s) | Gillian Dalley, Michael Denniss |
| Corporate Author | Centre for Policy on Ageing - CPA |
| Publisher | Centre for Policy on Ageing, London, 2001 |
| Pages | 69 pp (CPA reports, 28) |
| Source | Central Books, 50 Freshwater Road, Chadwell Heath, Dagenham, RM8 1RX. |
| Keywords | Care home staff ; Care support workers ; Care homes ; Nursing homes ; Training [welfare work] ; Social surveys. |
| Annotation | A growing interest in the quality of care provided in residential care - including the role of training - is the context for this study which was funded by the Nuffield Foundation. This report comprises a literature review, and results of a survey of 418 homes that responded from an original sample of 1,200. It examines the following key topics: the range and type of training available to care homes; the number of care assistants currently trained or qualified; variations in training according to type of home; the attitudes of owners and managers toward investing in training; and the demonstrable benefits of training. The reason for the focus on care assistants is that they constitute the bulk of the staff working in care homes, and are in direct, face-to-face contact with residents. The survey found great variations in the level of training: some homes had well-developed strategies, while others provided little or no training. The passing of the Care Standards Act 2000, which introduces national minimum standards, will mean that training of care staff is no longer an "optional extra" for the care homes sector. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-010820001 B |
| Classmark | QRM: QRS: KW: LHB: QW: 3F |
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