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Understanding care homes : a research and development perspective / edited by Katherine Froggatt, Sue Davies and Julienne Meyer.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Old age homes--Great Britain--Administration.
- Old age homes.
- Older people--Institutional care--Great Britain.
- Older people.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (276 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book draws together a range of research and development initiatives that emphasise the importance of partnership working, and of enabling older people and their families to maintain the highest quality of life. The book investigates how research and development can be undertaken to provide better care for the resident and their family.
- Contents:
- FRONR COVER; Understanding Care Homes: A Research and DevelopmentPerspective; Contents; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; 1 Research and Development in Care Homes: Setting theScene; Part 1 The Individual Resident; 2 Developing Person-centred Care in an NHSContinuing Care Setting; 3 Action Research in Care Homes to Improve Care-Planning for People with Dementia; 4 The Use of Narrative in Developing Relationships inCare Homes; 5 Older People with Learning Disabilities: A QualityInitiative in Caring; Part 2 The Organisation; 6 The Living Edge: Connection to Nature for People withDementia in Residential Care
- 7 Establishing 'Friends of Care Home' Groups8 The Importance of Staff Support in the Provision ofEmotionally Sensitive Care; 9 Changing Cultures: Partnership Working through aCare Home Learning Network; Part 3 Beyond Care: The Wider Perspective; 10 Collaborating with Primary Care: Promoting SharedWorking between District Nurses and Care Home Staff; 11 Making It Work: A Model for Research andDevelopment in Care Homes; 12 Reflections on the Way Forward; SUBJECT INDEX; AUTHOR INDEX; BACK COVER
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 9786612059308
- 9781282059306
- 1282059300
- 9781846428845
- 184642884X
- OCLC:
- 317552496
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