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Privacy and dignity in continence care project
— Phase 1 report, November 2009: Attributes of dignified bladder and bowel care in hospital and care homes | | Author(s) | Jenny Billings, Helen Alaszewski, Adrian Wagg |
| Corporate Author | Centre for Health Service Studies - CHSS, University of Kent; Royal College of Physicians - RCP; British Geriatrics Society - BGS |
| Publisher | Royal College of Physicians - RCP, Canterbury, 2009 |
| Pages | 41 pp |
| Source | Download from website: http://www.rcplondon.ac.uk/clinical-standards/ceeu... |
| Keywords | Incontinence ; Medical care ; Quality ; Hospital services ; Nursing homes ; Patients ; Rights [elderly] ; Projects. |
| Annotation | Although the National Service Framework for Older People (NSF) emphasises the importance of maintaining and improving care, there continues to be a problem in health and social care relating to preserving older people's dignity. The overall objectives of this 2-year project were to: identify and validate person-centred attributes of dignity in relation to continence; develop reflective guidelines for the provision of dignified care in health care settings; and produce recommendations for best practice. This report presents the findings from the first of three phases on the project. Using contemporary literature, it focuses on three main areas: dignity and older people; dignity and continence; and dignity and care. The project was conducted in Camden, Islington and Kent, and residents from two nursing homes and older patients in an acute hospital per area were interviewed. Participants found defining dignity difficult, but felt that loss of dignity reduced their self-worth, particularly when subjecting oneself to embarrassing procedures. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-091203215 E |
| Classmark | CTM: LK: 59: LD: LHB: LF: IKR: 3E |
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