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Danger: stress at work

01 May 1994

Elderly Care

Personnel

Stress in the workplace is a major problem in till organisations, with a high cost to employers caused by high turnover of staff and increased sickness levels, as...

Satisfied customers

01 February 1992

Elderly Care

Continuing care

Recently, I have started researching client satisfaction in continuing care environments, an area where there has been little research to date. Not surprising, as...

Home from home

01 January 1990

Elderly Care

Residential care

Lynwood House is unique. I believe that when it was first created in 1984, it was the first Care Assisted Housing Scheme in the country. It is basically a...

Closing time

01 September 2001

Nursing Older People

Opinion

Whitegates was first opened by our family as a residential home in 1982. Originally it was a row of three farm workers cottages, semirurally situated about eight...

Over 50 does not mean over the hill

01 April 1998

Nursing Standard

Letter

I read the article about the ageing workforce (News Analysis March 10) with interest. However, in the same issue, a prison advertised for an RN to fill the post of...

Good pay, free beds, no waiting...where on earth?

13 June 2001

Nursing Standard

Letter

I have just completed a contract as the manager of a busy clinic where patients were able to see a doctor on the day of consultation. If referral to hospital for...

Union pressure cannot force pay-out

17 April 1996

Nursing Standard

Letter

I was surprised to read the letter from Mair Morris (Letters March 20) who works in a nursing home and says she does not receive a salary as high as that in the NHS....

The deregulation debate continues

03 November 1993

Nursing Standard

Feature residential care

The Registered Homes Act of 1984 (1) is designed to protect people who live in residential care and nursing homes. The Act itself is relatively short. Its function...

Is a lack of resources an excuse for poor care? Judith Brown believes this isn't the case

07 September 1994

Nursing Standard

Viewpoint one minute wisdom

Phil and his wife Jane went to Scotland for New Year in 1991. While they were there, Jane noticed Phil was limping. She insisted that he visited a doctor. The result...

Answering a poor substitute

10 February 1993

Nursing Standard

Letter

Barbara Green’s article was not only fictional but disrespectful. It did not do justice to the independent minded, wise and practical people who are typical of the...

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