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Guidelines for the closure of care homes for older people
— prevalence and content of local government protocols | | Author(s) | Jacquetta Williams, Ann Netten |
| Corporate Author | Personal Social Services Research Unit - PSSRU, University of Kent |
| Publisher | Electronic format only, Canterbury, October 2003 |
| Pages | 38 pp (PSSRU Discussion paper 1861/2) |
| Source | PSSRU, Cornwallis Building, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent CT2 7NF. www.ukc.ac.uk/pssru/pdf/dp1861_2.pdf |
| Keywords | Care homes ; Nursing homes ; Closure ; Local Authority ; Standards of provision. |
| Annotation | Currently, there is no statutory guidance in England aimed specifically at the way in which care homes close. This paper presents a review of local government guidelines and the nature of existing principles and recommendations for good practice. Information was collected from 55 of the 150 councils in England; nearly two-thirds of the. responding authorities reported having a closure protocol. 33 documents were analysed to identify their purpose and scope, the ways in which roles and responsibilities were defined and allocated, and suggestions and recommendations for good practice. This study was funded by the Department of Health (DH) as part of a wider study of the causes, processes and consequences of the closure of care homes for older people commissioned from the Personal Social Services Research Unit (PSSRU). (RH) |
| Accession Number | CPA-040603217 B |
| Classmark | KW: LHB: 5YW: PE: 583 |
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