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On our own terms
— the challenge of assessing dignity in care | | Corporate Author | Picker Institute Europe; Help the Aged |
| Publisher | Help the Aged, London, 2008 |
| Pages | 17 pp |
| Source | Help the Aged, 207-221 Pentonville Road, London N1 9UZ. E-mail: info@helptheaged.org.uk Website: www.helptheaged.org.uk |
| Keywords | Health services ; Services ; Management [care] ; Quality ; Attitude ; Measurement. |
| Annotation | 'The challenge of dignity in care: upholding the rights of the individual' published by Help the Aged in 2007 proposed a framework of dignity domains. 'On our own terms' presents the key findings of a study commissioned by Help the Aged and carried out by the Picker Institute Europe to develop indicators for use in measuring the extent to which older users of health and social care services feel their dignity is maintained. The work is rooted in the views of older people, and includes qualitative data concern what they thought about each of these dignity domains: autonomy, communication, eating and nutrition, end-of-life care, pain, personal care, personal hygiene, privacy, and social inclusion. Implications for future research and for government policy on health and social care reforms are outlined. This publication is a summary of 'Measuring dignity in care for older people' by the Picker Institute Europe, and is dedicated to Janet Askham, who was Director of the Institute. The full report plus appendices is available via the Help the Aged website (at. www.helptheaged.org.uk/policy). (RH) |
| Accession Number | CPA-081124001 B |
| Classmark | L: I: QA: 59: DP: 3R |
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