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| Carers' reflections on nursing home and NHS long-stay care for elderly patients | | Author(s) | L D MacDonald, P F D Higgs, J S MacDonald, E L Godfrey |
| Journal title | Health & Social Care in the Community, vol 4, no 5, September 1996 |
| Pages | pp 264-270 |
| Keywords | Patients ; Psychogeriatric units ; Nursing homes ; Long term ; Family care ; Community care ; Social surveys. |
| Annotation | This study compares the perceptions of carers on elderly long-stay care patients who are now in nursing homes or in a geriatric NHS ward, by means of a telephone interview to carers. The impact of caring at home was shown to be greater on NHS than on nursing home carers. Most were satisfied with the care, staff and atmosphere of the nursing home or hospital. Nursing homes were perceived as offering a more pleasant environment, and respecting patients' privacy, whereas the NHS was superior in clinical and rehabilitative services. Most participants thought the institution was the right place for their relative, although, in general, it was thought to be better to care for elderly people at home - though where the patient became increasingly dependent, the carer became increasingly unable to cope. Given that formal care varies across the country, community care needs to be organised rationally and as a valid response to the needs of some dependent elderly patients and their carers. |
| Accession Number | CPA-970219004 A |
| Classmark | LF: LDM: LHB: 4Q: P6:SJ: PA: 3F |
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