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Enabling residents to help in the care tasks | Author(s) | John Reilly |
Journal title | Working with Older People, vol 2, issue 4, October 1998 |
Pages | pp 24-25 (Practice series, no 1) |
Keywords | Residents [care homes] ; Care homes ; Participation ; Housework ; Activities of older people. |
Annotation | In the first of this practice series on activities for older people, the author describes how older people in residential homes can benefit from being involved in `mundane tasks' such as washing up and laundry. Discovering and using skills of residents and staff can lead to greater self-esteem and bring benefits to everyone. (RH). |
Accession Number | CPA-981125009 A |
Classmark | KX: KW: TMB: GH6: G |
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