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Understanding care homes
— a research and development perspective | | Author(s) | Katherine Froggatt, Sue Davies, Julienne Meyer |
| Publisher | Jessica Kingsley, London, 2009 |
| Pages | 272 pp |
| Source | Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 116 Pentonville Road, London N1 9JB. Website: www.jkp.com |
| Keywords | Care homes ; Residents [care homes] ; Organisation of care ; Research Reviews. |
| Annotation | 'Understanding care homes' draws together a range of research and development initiatives that emphasise the importance of partnership working and of improving the quality of life for older people in care homes. Contributors to this book consider research and development in care homes from three different perspectives. The first, the individual resident, looks at ways of improving care received by those with dementia or learning difficulties, developing person-centred care, and establishing relationships between residents and staff. Part 2 has a broader organisational focus that considers the role of the environment, family and friends, and staff, including establishing "friends of homes" groups. The final section has a wider community and development focus, and the place of the home in the health and social care systems. Partnership working is considered, with a description of a Care Home Learning Network in one locality; while an intervention study looks at collaborating with primary care by promoting shared working between district nurses and care home staff. The book identifies how by generating new knowledge through research can bring about real change in care provision. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-090122001 B |
| Classmark | KW: KX: P: 3A:6KC |
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