Quality in Ageing and Older Adults: Volume 3 Issue 4
Promoting excellence in services through research, policy and practice
Table of contents
Grief and loneliness in older people: Case study accounts of conjugal bereavement
John CostelloGrief and its concomitant loneliness are common problems in the social process of ageing. Using case study accounts, this paper describes the perceptions of four elderly bereaved…
Care at home for people with dementia: Routines, control and care goals
Sally Redfern, Ian Norman, Kate Briggs, Janet AskhamThe aim of the study was to further our understanding of the nature of care at home for people with dementia, with particular emphasis on routines, control and care goals. Its…
The relationship between the NHS and residential and nursing care for older people: A survey of home owners and managers in East Sussex, Brighton and Hove
Linda Garvican, Graham BicklerIn view of the decline in the number of residential and nursing homes over the last few years, East Sussex, Brighton and Hove Health Authority was concerned about optimum usage of…
In defence of care: The importance of care as a positive concept
Rolf RønningThis article is about the implications of the different uses of the concept of care in the research and debate on home care. It can be read as a comment on the British debate…
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- Prof Fiona Poland