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The effectiveness of National Vocational Qualifications in residential and nursing homes — an enquiry into the potential for NVQ to improve the quality of care
Corporate Author	Personal Social Services Research Unit - PSSRU, University of Kent
Publisher	PSSRU, University of Kent, Canterbury, August 2004
Pages	unnumbered (PSSRU Research summary 31)
Source	PSSRU, Cornwallis Building, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent CT2 7NF. http://www.PSSRU.ac.uk
Keywords	Care home staff ; Care homes ; Nursing homes ; Training [welfare work] ; Quality.
Annotation	There is a widely held perception that the National Vocational Qualification (NVQ) in Care is a training course leading to a qualification. The overall aim of this research was to investigate whether the NVQ has the potential to improve the quality of care, and to enhance vulnerable older people's quality of life. The research investigated: the care needs of highly dependent older people; the training and competence of care staff to meet residents' health and personal care needs; and workforce issues such as recruitment, retention and motivation of staff. This is a summary of PhD research conducted by Marion Witton for a doctoral thesis (2004). (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-041215222 P
Classmark	QRM: KW: LHB: QW: 59 *
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