Understanding Care Homes

Heather Wilkinson is Co-Director of the Centre for Research on Families and Relationships and Research Director for the School of Health in Social Science at the University of Edinburgh.

1.Research and Development in Care Homes: Sue Davies, Katherine Froggatt and Julienne Meyer, University College London, Lancaster University and City University London. 2. Developing Person-Centred Care in an NHS Continuing Care Setting. Cathy Ashburner, Julienne Meyer and Angela Cotter, City University. 3. Action Research in Care Homes to Improve Care Planning for People with Dementia. David Stanley, Northumbria University. 4. The Use of Narrative in Developing Relationships in Care Homes. Christine Brown-Wilson, Glenda Cook and Denise Forte, University of Sheffield, Northumbria University and Kingston University. 5. Older People with Learning Disabilities: A Quality Initiative in Caring. Robert Jenkins. 6.The Living Edge: Connection to Nature for People with Dementia in Residential Care. Garuth Chalfont, University of Sheffield. 7. Establishing `Friends of Care Home' Groups. Sheila Furness and Bren Torry, University of Bradford. 8. The Importance of Staff Support in the Provision of Emotionally Sensitive Care. Cheryl Holman and Keith Crowhurst, City University, Tower Hamlets Primary Care Trust. 9. Changing Cultures: Partnership Working through a Care Home Learning Network Tina Fear, University of West England. 10. Collaborating with Primary Care: Promoting Shared Working between District Nurses and Care Home Staff. Claire Goodman, Sue Davies, Stephen Leyshon, Mandy Fader, Chris Norton, Heather Gage and Jackie Morris, University of London. 11. Making It Work: A Model for Research and Development in Care Homes. Jan Dewing. 12. Reflections on the Way Forward. Sue Davies, Katherine Froggatt and Julienne Meyer. References. Index.