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| Family advocacy roles and highly dependent residents in nursing homes | | Author(s) | C Tilse |
| Journal title | Australian Journal on Ageing, vol 16, no 1,, 1997 |
| Pages | pp 20-23 |
| Keywords | Advocacy ; The Family ; Participation ; Residents [care homes] ; Nursing homes ; Australia. |
| Annotation | A developing critique has questioned the practical utility of user rights policy initiatives for highly dependent residents of nursing homes in Australia. This paper seeks to extend this critique to the advocacy roles that families have been accorded within policy initiatives. The discussion is based on qualitative research study of family participation in six aged care units. The paper argues that the capacity of families to act as advocates for highly dependent nursing home residents is limited by their weak position within the organisations, and the complexity of their relations with staff. It questions both the applicability and the appropriateness of rights models which take insufficient account of the structure and meaning of care. |
| Accession Number | CPA-971014227 A |
| Classmark | IQ: SJ: TMB: KX: LHB: 7YA |
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