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| Factors associated with higher quality assessment tools in care homes | | Author(s) | Angela Worden, David Challis |
| Journal title | Journal of Care Services Management, vol 2, no 1, October-December 2007 |
| Publisher | London, October-December 2007 |
| Pages | pp 79-91 |
| Source | http://www.henrystewart.com |
| Keywords | Care homes ; Nursing homes ; Evaluation ; Quality ; Inspection ; Measurement ; Manchester ; Cheshire. |
| Annotation | The relationship is investigated between the quality of assessment tools used and the different characteristics of care homes and nursing homes in Manchester and Cheshire. Using both single variable comparisons and multivariate analyses, there are several home characteristics associated with the use of higher quality assessment tools. Higher quality assessment processes were associated with homes being larger, part of a group or chain, provision of staff training, and being run by a not-for-profit organisation or local authority. Poorer quality of assessment was associated with inspection reports indicating lower standards of management and staffing and generally poorer quality of the home. The findings raise the question as to whether government initiatives to improve assessment of older people should be extended to care homes, with a need to focus on certain types of home where assessment is less likely to be well developed. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-071206214 A |
| Classmark | KW: LHB: 4C: 59: 3U: 3R: 83E: 8CH |
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