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| The development of a national standard assessment instrument for use in continuing care homes |
| Author(s) | David Challis, Iain Carpenter, Karen Stewart |
| Corporate Author | Personal Social Services Research Unit - PSSRU, University of Manchester; Centre for Health Studies, University of Kent |
| Journal title | Care Plan, vol 5, no 3, March 1999 |
| Pages | pp 19-21 |
| Keywords | Care homes ; Nursing homes ; Needs [elderly] ; Management [care] ; Residents [care homes] ; Evaluation ; Pilot. |
| Annotation | Following a focused training programme in eight homes, staff using a modified American Minimum Data Set / Resident Assessment Instrument carried out 125 assessments. The pilot study showed that the MDS/RAI has potential to be used in continuing care homes in the UK. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-990719210 A |
| Classmark | KW: LHB: IK: QA: KX: 4C: 4UC |
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