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| A relative's perspective | | Author(s) | Dorothy White |
| Corporate Author | Relatives Association |
| Journal title | Registered Homes, vol 1, no 8, December 1996 |
| Pages | pp 88-90 |
| Keywords | Care homes ; Family relationships. |
| Annotation | The author founded the Relatives Association in 1992, and retired as its Chair in 1996. This article is based on a speech given to the Care Forum Wales conference `Marking the Charges' on 15th November 1996. The author notes some consequences of the Care in the Community procedures for residential and nursing homes: frailer, more confused residents, who would previously have been regarded as requiring hospital care; costs of meeting care assessed as being required; older people themselves contemplate going into a home only as a last resort; and depression. She suggests that the perception of homes as part of the community care system would improve with involvement of relatives and friends. The practical advantages would be: helping to maintain the resident's sense of identity; helping with the caring task and in other practical ways; helping with the organisation of large scale activities; providing mutual support for relatives and friends; providing feedback to the home; and developing a better joint understanding. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-980423228 A |
| Classmark | KW: DS:SJ |
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