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The CARE (Combined Assessment of Residential Environments) profiles
— a new approach to improving quality in care homes | | Author(s) | Mark Faulkner, Sue Davies |
| Journal title | Quality in Ageing, vol 7, no 3, September 2006 |
| Pages | pp 15-25 |
| Source | http://www.pavpub.com |
| Keywords | Care homes ; Quality ; Evaluation. |
| Annotation | The rationale for and the development of the CARE (Combined Assessment of Residential Environments) profiles are briefly described. The CARE profiles represent a new approach to quality improvement in care homes for older people that seeks to gain the views of residents, relatives and staff, and to use these as a basis for celebrating what works well in a home and identifying areas that need attention. The paper begins by considering the limitation of existing quality initiatives, and argues for a model that is more inclusive. The theoretical underpinnings of the CARE profiles, positive events, the Senses Framework, and a relationship-centred approach to care are outlined. The process by which the CARE profiles were developed is then described and a case study highlighting how they might be used is presented. 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-061107206 A |
| Classmark | KW: 59: 4C |
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