Home Truths: Old People's Homes and the Outcome of CareAn empirical study of the relationship between the residential environment of homes for the elderly and the outcome of care, which provides evidence about shortcomings in the quality of care provided and challenges accepted notions of 'good practice' in residential care. |
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Assessing Dependency | 8 |
Levels of Dependency in the Homes | 30 |
Trends in Dependency in Old Peoples Homes | 60 |
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Additional comments admission analysis assessment attitudes authority homes bath bedrooms bedtimes behaviour Booth care of residents caring routines census cent chapter characteristics choice cluster cluster analysis confused residents dependency of residents Derbyshire effects elderly example expected functioning Gerontologist Godlove hospital hostel improvement and deterioration incontinent independent individual induced dependency hypothesis institutional environments institutional regimes Kirklees length of stay less levels of dependency living lock London management practices measure mental mental confusion menu moderately dependent multiple regimes needs North Yorkshire Nottinghamshire officers-in-charge old people's homes organisation outcome physical positive regimes problems proportion PSSC questionnaire rates of improvement rates of mortality relationship reported residential care residential environment residential homes residential population residential staff responses restrictive regimes scales severely dependent residents social environment Social Services Department Social Work Service superbad Table total institution types of regime variables variations Welsh Office Willcocks