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| Handle with care | | Corporate Author | Health Which? |
| Journal title | Health Which?, February 2002 |
| Pages | pp 10-13 |
| Keywords | Elder abuse ; Neglect [care] ; Nursing homes ; Registration eg homes, nursing homes. |
| Annotation | People who live in nursing homes are especially vulnerable to abuse or neglect. So are the authorities protecting them? Health Which? summarises some recent high profile cases of elder abuse, neglect and misconduct by care staff, nursing home managers, and nursing agencies. Reviewing inspection reports for 25 randomly-selected nursing homes in East Sussex, Birmingham and Solihull highlights variations in the inspection process. The article notes the transfer of responsibility for registering nursing homes to the National Care Standards Commission (NCSC) in England, the Scottish Commission for Regulation of Care and the Welsh Assembly. Although the new regulations should result in tighter standards, the difficulties in recruiting good staff would seem to be the heart of the problem. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-020219203 A |
| Classmark | QNT: QNR: LHB: Q3 * |
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