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Transitions in care homes
— towards relationship-centred care using the "Senses Framework" | | Author(s) | Mike Nolan, Sue Davies, Jayne Brown |
| Journal title | Quality in Ageing, vol 7, no 3, September 2006 |
| Pages | pp 5-14 |
| Source | http://www.pavpub.com |
| Keywords | Care homes ; Residents [care homes] ; Family relationships ; Personal relationships ; Therapy. |
| Annotation | Long-term care in general - and care homes in particular - have never enjoyed high status as a place to live or work. This remains the case. In large part, this marginalised position is due to the continued failure to value the contribution that care homes make in supporting frail and vulnerable older people. In order to promote a more positive vision of what can be achieved in care homes, this paper argues for the adoption of a relationship-centred approach to care, that involves residents, their families, practitioners and the wider community. The need for such a model is described, and how it might be applied using the "Senses Framework" is considered. The "Senses Framework" comprises six senses - security, continuity, belonging, purpose, fulfilment, and significance - capturing the subjective and perceptual aspects of care. It is argued that adopting such a philosophy will provide a clearer sense of therapeutic direction for staff in care homes, as well as more explicitly recognising the contribution that residents and relatives can make in creating an "enriched environment" of care. This paper was presented as part of an Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) funded Research Seminar Series organised between Surrey, Sheffield, City and Northumbria Universities during the 2005/06 academic year. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-061107205 A |
| Classmark | KW: KX: DS:SJ: DS: LO |
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