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Time spent in bed at night by care-home residents
— choice or compromise? | | Author(s) | Rebekah Luff, Theresa Ellmers, Ingrid Eyers |
| Journal title | Ageing and Society, vol 31, part 7, October 2011 |
| Pages | pp 1229-1250 |
| Source | http://www.journals.cambridge.org/aso |
| Keywords | Residents [care homes] ; Sleep behaviour ; Quantity ; Consumer choice. |
| Annotation | This study investigated the amount of time that care home residents spend in bed at night. Data were collected over 14 days from 125 residents in ten care homes in South East England, and focused on how residents' bedtimes and getting-up times were managed. Findings revealed that residents averaged almost 11 hours in bed at night, significantly more time than was spent sleeping. There was greater variance in the amount of time residents who needed assistance spent in bed than there was for independent residents. An examination of six care homes, each with 8pm to 8am night shifts, showed that bedtimes and getting-up times for dependent residents were influenced by the staff's shift patterns. Interviews with 38 residents revealed a lack of resident choice about bedtimes and many compromises by the residents to fit in with the care home shift and staffing patterns. The authors conclude that the current system of 12-hour night shifts, during which staff ratios are lower than in the daytime, results in too much bed rest, particularly for residents who are the least independent. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-111031009 A |
| Classmark | KX: CG: 58: WYC |
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