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Permanent care — practice implications of older people moving between residential settings
Author(s)	Sandra Dwyer
Journal title	Practice, vol 15, no 1, 2003
Pages	pp 57-68
Keywords	Residents [care homes] ; Admission [care homes] ; Admission [nursing homes] ; House removal.
Annotation	A considerable amount of community care work is concerned with older people entering permanent care in residential or nursing homes. This article explores some practice implications of older people moving between permanent care settings. While "Care homes for older people: national minimum standards" (The Stationery Office, 2001) does not directly mention resident transfers, both its underlying philosophy and some of the standards have the potential to aid professional assessments and decision making in this area. The paper also examines the poor status and training of care home staff, which can often compound the complexities and dilemmas involved in transfer decisions. Suggestions are offered to ameliorate the transfer process, in order to minimise the concomitant adverse psychosocial impact of transfers. (KJ).
Accession Number	CPA-030717204 A
Classmark	KX: KW:QKH: LHB:QKH: TNH
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