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| Why is good quality residential care so very difficult to achieve? | | Author(s) | Paul Whitby |
| Journal title | Journal of Dementia Care, vol 16, no 2, March/April 2008 |
| Publisher | Hawker Publications, March/April 2008 |
| Pages | pp 30-33 |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Care homes ; Nursing homes ; Hospital services ; Personnel ; Management [care] ; Quality. |
| Annotation | Three major aspects of institutional care can adversely affect on the quality of care in, and running of, hospital wards and care homes. First, the stress of direct personal care has an impact on the ability to give care. The other two factors are the in-group identity of staff, and that institutions reward things other than good care. These factors contribute to poor care, neglect and abuse. The author argues that until these are tackled and the potential for managers to become leaders who drive up standards of care is acknowledged, even the best training and skills development will not improve the quality of residential care for people with dementia. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-080610001 A |
| Classmark | EA: KW: LHB: LD: QM: QA: 59 |
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