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What types of homes are closing?
— the characteristics of homes which closed between 1996 and 2001 | | Author(s) | Robin A Darton |
| Journal title | Health & Social Care in the Community, vol 12, no 3, May 2004 |
| Pages | pp 254-264 |
| Source | www.blackwellpublishing.com/hsc |
| Keywords | Care homes ; Nursing homes ; Closure ; Longitudinal surveys. |
| Annotation | Fee levels and the cost of upgrading homes to meet national minimum standards have been identified as the main factors influencing care home closures. This paper compares private residential homes, dual-registered homes and nursing homes for older people which closed 1996-2001 with those which have remained open. Homes which closed tended to be smaller; have lower occupancy levels in 1996; to be the only home run by an organisation; to occupy converted buildings (and if so have no lift); to have more shared bedrooms; and to have no or only some en suite bedrooms. Only 34% of homes remaining open provided at least 80% of places in single rooms. A separate analysis of data on social climate found that the homes with a more positive social environment were those most likely to have closed. The findings support the view that there is likely to be an increase in the importance of homes run by corporate providers relative to homes run as single, owner-managed homes, with a consequent reduction in choice for potential residents. At the same time, projections for future demand in a range of countries indicate that a considerable increase in provision will be required to meet the expected growth in the population of dependent older people, while developments in alternative forms of accommodation are unlikely to meet the growth in demand in the foreseeable future. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-040816212 A |
| Classmark | KW: LHB: 5YW: 3J |
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