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| Comparing private nursing homes and NHS long-term care | | Author(s) | Susan Gardiner |
| Journal title | Elderly Care, vol 11, no 6, September 1999 |
| Pages | pp 14-17 |
| Keywords | Nursing homes ; Geriatric hospitals ; National Health Service ; Long term ; Quality ; Comparison ; Edinburgh. |
| Annotation | In Scotland, as in other areas, there has been a trend towards closure of NHS continuing care beds. In Lothian, the Joint Strategy for Services for Older People endorsed a 51% closure by 2000. Lothian Health set up and funded a study into the evaluation of the transfer of resources for care of older people in long-term care settings. As part of this, a smaller study was undertaken to compare the satisfaction and residents or their carers with the environments in LHS long-stay care, as compared to private nursing homes, and with the care they receive. This article outlines methodology and results of the smaller study. Single rooms and privacy were important to the residents, as was care of personal belongings. In both environments, there was a perception of understaffing. Overall, levels of satisfaction were high, but NHS residents were less satisfied, while their next of kin/carers were more satisfied. Higher levels of satisfaction with the environment was found in the private nursing home residents: a preference for single rooms and more privacy would seem to support the Government's policy of closing open wards in favour of more homely personal units provided by nursing homes. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-991006002 A |
| Classmark | LHB: LDA: L4: 4Q: 59: 48: 9SD |
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