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Mental Health and Care Homes by Tom Dening, Alisoun Milne is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Mental Health and Care Homes about?

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 poses particular challenges. They are also a distinctly and profoundly marginalised group who are often invisible in the wider debates on quality of care including those about care homes. Mental Health and Care Homes is a coherent and evidence-based text exploring these issues. Bringing together both clinical and research perspectives it will help those working in the care home sector to deliver high quality care and support to both residents and staff. This important, yet neglected, area is thoroughly reviewed by a range of experts including residents, family carers, staff, researchers, and clinicians. The book has four sections: 'the inside view' which includes several first-hand accounts of care home life; 'the outside view' which discusses the regulatory, funding, and legislative context in which care homes operate; 'mental health and care', a detailed review of the major mental and

Who reads Mental Health and Care Homes?

Author

Tom Dening, Alisoun Milne

Publisher

Oxford University Press, USA

Published

2011

Language

EN

ISBN

9780191621680

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Medical, Social Science, Psychology