Carers' reflections on nursing home and NHS long-stay care for elderly patients

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 264-270

  MacDonald, L D ^a   Higgs, P F D ^b   MacDonald, J S ^c   Godfrey, E L ^a   Ward, M C ^d  

^a ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d EPSOM AND ST HELIER UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carers; Choice; Community care; Elderly; NHS long stay care; Nursing homes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030500194     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2524.1996.tb00072.x     Document Type: Article

References (30)

1. Allen I, Hogg D. & Peace S. (1992) Elderly People: Choice Participation and Satisfaction. Policy Studies Institute: London.
2. Andrews K. (1985) Demographic changes and resources for the elderly. British Medical Journal 290, 1023-1024.
3. Arber S. & Ginn J. (1990) The meaning of informal care: gender and the contribution of elderly people. Ageing and Society 10, 429-454.
4. British Medical Association (1995) Taking Care of the Carers. BMA, London.
5. Bury M. & Home A. (1991) Life After Ninety. Routledge, London.
6. Caldock K. (1994) Policy and practice: fundamental contradictions in the conceptualization of community care for elderly people. Health and Social Care in the Community 2(3), 133-141.
7. Central Statistical Office. (1995) Social Trends 25. Government Statistical Service, HMSO, London.
8. Day P. & Klein R. (1987) Quality of institutional care and the elderly: policy issues and options. British Medical Journal 294, 384-387.
9. Finch J. (1989) Family Obligations and Social Change. Polity Press, Oxford.
10. Finch J. & Groves D. (Eds) (1983) A Labour of Love: Women, Work and Caring. Routledge & Kegan Paul, London.
11. Green H. (1988) General Household Survey 1985. Informal Carers. Series GHS 15, Supplement A. OPCS Social Survey Division. HMSO, London.
12. Henderson J. (1986) 'By' the community: an ideological response to the crisis in the Welfare State? In: C. Phillipson, M. Bernard & P. Strang (Eds) Dependency and Interdepcndency in Old Age - Theoretical Perspectives and Policy Alternatives. Croom Helm, London.
13. Hunt A. (1978) The Elderly at Home. OPCS, London.
14. Henwood M. (1992) Through a Glass Darkly. Kings Fund Occasional Report 14. Kings Fund: London.
15. Laings Review of Private Health Care 1989/90. (1990) Laing and Buission Publications, London.
16. Laurance J. (1995) Plans for the elderly signal end of 'cradle to grave' NHS. The Times 24 February, 11.
17. Lloyd P. (1991) The empowerment of elderly people: Journal of Aging Studies 5(2), 125-135.
18. MacDonald J.S. & Saillard Y. (1986) La privatisation du sistemè de soins Britannique depuis 1979. Science Sociales et Santè 4(l),l-25.
19. MacDonald J.S. (1985) Where do old people come from? In: A. Bittles & J. Collyns (Eds) The Human Biology of Ageing. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
20. MacDonald L.D., Ward M.C., MacDonald J.S., Higgs P.F.D., Godfrey E:L. & Weinstein C. (1993) Aspects of Long-Stay Geriatric Care in Nursing Homes, NHS Wards and in the Community in South West Thames Region. SWTRHA, London.
21. NHS Executive (1995) NHS Responsibilities for Meeting Continuing Care Health Needs (HSG [95] 8). Community Care Unit, NHS Management Executive, Leeds.
22. Phillips D. & Vincent J. (1986) Petit bourgeois: private residential care for the elderly. Policy and Politics 14(3), 189-208.
23. Phillips J. (1994) The employment consequences of caring for older people. Health and Social Care in the Community 2(3), 143-152.
24. Qureshi H. & Walker A. (1989) The Caring Relationship: Elderly People and Their Families. Macmillan, London.
25. Rickford F. (1993) Long-stay beds for elderly 'cut by 40 pc'. The Guardian 5 August, 2.
26. SCOPE. (1995) Disabled in Britain: behind Closed Doors - the Carers' Experience. SCOPE, London.
27. Twigg J. (Ed.) (1992) Carers: Research and Practice. HMSO, London.
28. Ungerson C. (1987) Policy Is Personal: Sex, Gender and Informal Care. Tavistock, London.
29. Wagner G. (1988) Residential Care: a Positive Choice. Report of the Independent Review of Residential Care. HMSO, London.
30. Warner N. (1995) Rough end of the road. The Guardian 29 March, 7.