Mental health and care homes

Mental health and care homes / edited by Tom Dening, Alisoun Milne.

The care home sector is large, with over 400 000 residents in the UK and a similar number employed within the homes. It is therefore an area of considerable economic importance. Care home residents are often very old, and many have multiple physical and mental health needs, meaning that their care p...

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Other Authors: Dening, Tom, Milne, Alisoun
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.
Subjects:
Older people > Mental health services > Great Britain.
Older people > Long-term care > Great Britain.
Nursing homes > Great Britain.
Older people.
Mental health services.
Nursing homes.
Hospitals, Convalescent.
Old age homes.
elderly.
nursing homes.
homes for the aged.
retirement homes.
MEDICAL > Mental Health.
PSYCHOLOGY > Mental Health.
PSYCHOLOGY > Mental Illness.
Older people
Old age homes
Mental health services
Hospitals, Convalescent
Nursing homes
Older people > Long-term care
Older people > Mental health services
Great Britain
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Contents; List of contributors; Introduction; Part 1 The inside view-living in a care home; 1 A resident's view; 2 A carer's account; 3 A care home manager's view; 4 Creative work with residents; 5 Hearing the voice of older people with dementia; 6 Living with dementia in a care home: a review of research evidence; Part 2 The outside view; 7 Regulation and quality; 8 Funding: paying for residential care for older people; 9 Legal aspects; 10 Abuse in care homes for older people: the case for safeguards; 11 Long-term care: an international perspective; Part 3 Mental health and care.

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