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Factors affecting residents’ sleep in care homes

01 October 2013

Nursing Older People

Art & Science

Aim The aim of this study was to undertake a detailed exploration of sleep in the context of 24 hours in a care home environment, exploring the subjective experience...

How social care staff working in residential homes perceive their professional status

01 September 2011

Nursing Older People

A&S Science

Aim The aim of the study was to explore how ‘new role’ and other social carers and stakeholders involved in providing enhanced health and social care for older...

How namaste principles improve residents’ lives

29 July 2012

Nursing Older People

A&S Science

Namaste Care is a programme developed in the United States to offer meaningful activities to care home residents with advanced dementia. The programme focuses on...

Digital skills training in care homes: achievement

27 May 2016

Nursing Older People

Art & Science

This article describes digital skills training (DST) for staff and later, residents, as part of a programme of culture change in a large care home with nursing in...

Taking complaints seriously

23 July 2008

Nursing Standard

General article

Even the best homes may sometimes come into conflict with relatives. Would an independent complaints procedure help?

Methodological challenges of researching in the care home sector

01 July 2008

Nurse Researcher

issues in research

There is a developing body of research about minority ethnic elders in the UK (Blakemore 2000, Gerrish 2000) but few empirical studies have focused on those who live...

The effect of a leadership support programme on care home managers

29 January 2018

Nursing Older People

Evidence & practice

Aim To explore the effect of the My Home Life 12-month leadership support programme on care home managers’ leadership skills and professional development, and their...

Improving oral hygiene for patients

07 January 2015

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

Systematic reviews and patient safety initiatives recommend that oral hygiene should be part of routine patient care. However, evidence suggests it is often...