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Publication date: 1 December 2008

Ann Mackay

Services that are commissioned need to balance demands for higher standards, the needs of local communities and person‐centred delivery with ever‐tightening budgets. But, says Ann

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Services that are commissioned need to balance demands for higher standards, the needs of local communities and person‐centred delivery with ever‐tightening budgets. But, says Ann Mackay, this has yet to be achieved for the care home sector where the cheapest services are chosen at the cost of quality. Recognition of care homes as an investment and the setting of rates based on what it takes to actually run a care home are needed.

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Working with Older People, vol. 12 no. 4
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1366-3666

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This article has been withdrawn as it was published elsewhere and accidentally duplicated. The original article can be seen here: 10.1108/13663666200800064. When citing the…

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This article has been withdrawn as it was published elsewhere and accidentally duplicated. The original article can be seen here: 10.1108/13663666200800064. When citing the article, please cite: Ann Mackay, (2008), “Running a care home”, Working with Older People, Vol. 12 Iss: 4, pp. 14 - 18.

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Housing, Care and Support, vol. 11 no. 4
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ISSN: 1460-8790

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Publication date: 1 June 2006

Ann Mackay

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Working with Older People, vol. 10 no. 2
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ISSN: 1366-3666

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Kate Rees

Ann Mackay's article highlighted the costs involved in running a care home. Here, Kate Rees tells the other side of the story from her mother's perspective ‐ who changed from an…

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Ann Mackay's article highlighted the costs involved in running a care home. Here, Kate Rees tells the other side of the story from her mother's perspective ‐ who changed from an independent retiree to a dependent resident in a nursing home ‐ and illustrates the true cost of living when you can no longer look after yourself.

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Working with Older People, vol. 12 no. 4
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Publication date: 1 March 2006

Ann Mackay

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Working with Older People, vol. 10 no. 1
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Publication date: 1 December 2004

Ann Mackay

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Working with Older People, vol. 8 no. 4
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Publication date: 1 March 2003

Ann Mackay

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Working with Older People, vol. 7 no. 1
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Publication date: 1 June 2006

Fiona Thomas

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Working with Older People, vol. 10 no. 2
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Fiona Thomas

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Working with Older People, vol. 10 no. 4
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Fiona Thomas

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Working with Older People, vol. 9 no. 1
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