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| Questions raised for local authorities when old people are evicted from their care homes | | Author(s) | Peter Scourfield |
| Journal title | British Journal of Social Work, vol 34, no 4, June 2004 |
| Pages | pp 501-516 |
| Source | http://bjsw.oupjournals.org |
| Keywords | Residents [care homes] ; House removal ; Care homes ; Closure ; Social Services Departments ; Policy. |
| Annotation | Successive government policies have created a situation where most residential and nursing care is provided by the independent sector. It is in the nature of a marketised and privatised care system that homes will periodically close or change ownership. The physical and mental well-being of residents experiencing eviction and relocation can be seriously damaged by the experience. No policy and practice guidelines have been issued from central government on how care home closures should be managed. Local authorities are therefore dealing with such events on an ad hoc basis. Understandably, the main emphasis is often put on actually finding appropriate alternative placements, so that practices vary across different local authorities. This article asks whether the necessary work required to minimise the harmful effects caused by the stress of relocation is actually being carried out properly. It also raises the questions of what exactly should be offered to older people when they are given notice to quit, who is best qualified to do the work, and whether care management as it has developed within the purchaser/provider framework is adequate to the task. In short, where can social work for older people be found when it is needed? (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-040811211 A |
| Classmark | KX: TNH: KW: 5YW: PF: QAD |
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