Opening doors : a case study of multi-purpose residential homes
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Bibliographic Information
Opening doors : a case study of multi-purpose residential homes
（Studies in ageing / Age Concern Institute of Gerontology, King's College London）
HMSO, c1995
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Note
At foot of title page: Age Concern Institute of Gerontology, King's College, London
Bibliography: p. [111]-117
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This text takes a critical look at the increasingly widespread policy of using residential care premises to provide services for non-resident frail older people and their carers. It reports both on the national surveys of such multi-purpose homes and on case studies of six individual homes. After interviews with staff, long-term residents, day centre users and carers, the author concludes that although there may be some obvious advantages in allowing residential home facilities to be used by a wider group, the policy was less than popular with the older people themselves. This book challenges a significant development in contemporary service provision and should be of particular interest in allowing the voice of the user to be heard.
Table of Contents
- The national picture
- case studies
- management aims
- day centre users - an integrated package of care? changing attitudes to residential care?
- a better quality of life for residents?
- supporting carers?
- staff
- a cost-effective model of care?
- the multi-purpose home - a model for the future?
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