What is included with this book?
List of Figures and Photographs | p. x |
List of Tables | p. xi |
In Memoriam | p. xii |
Acknowledgements | p. xiii |
List of Abbreviations | p. xv |
The Context | |
Why Revisit The Last Refuge? | p. 3 |
A work of lasting importance | p. 3 |
The impact of Townsend's research | p. 9 |
Revisiting The Last Refuge | p. 11 |
The plan of the book | p. 14 |
Changing Contexts of Care | p. 17 |
An ageing population | p. 17 |
Changes in residential care provision | p. 21 |
The welfare state: The early years | p. 23 |
Privatization | p. 27 |
Modernization | p. 29 |
Paying for care | p. 32 |
Personalization and residential care | p. 34 |
Changing research agendas | p. 35 |
The Study Design and Methods | p. 40 |
Survivors or non-survivors? | p. 41 |
The tracing study | p. 44 |
The follow-up study | p. 49 |
The context of change | p. 51 |
Research instruments and methods | p. 53 |
Access, participation and consent | p. 56 |
Methodological issues | p. 58 |
Revisiting The Last Refuge | |
Survivors and Non-Survivors | p. 63 |
The ex-PAIs | p. 64 |
Other local authority homes | p. 66 |
The voluntary homes | p. 68 |
The private homes | p. 71 |
Accounting for survival | p. 74 |
Conclusion | p. 83 |
Residents and Staff | p. 85 |
Residents: Gender, age and ethnicity | p. 86 |
Residents: Family and social circumstances | p. 88 |
Residents: Personal assistance and capacity for self-care | p. 90 |
Residents: Reasons for admission | p. 94 |
Staff: Numbers and roles | p. 97 |
Staff: Training and qualifications | p. 103 |
Managerial responsibilities | p. 105 |
Conclusion | p. 107 |
The Living Environment | p. 109 |
Location and scale | p. 110 |
Internal spaces | p. 112 |
External spaces | p. 119 |
Creating a 'homely' environment | p. 123 |
Rules, regulations and routines | p. 126 |
Managerial styles and staff attitudes | p. 133 |
Conclusion | p. 135 |
Daily Lives | p. 138 |
From domestic work to daily living activities | p. 139 |
Caring and supporting | p. 144 |
Organized group activities | p. 146 |
Hobbies and pastimes | p. 150 |
Friends, cliques and internal communities | p. 153 |
Getting out and about | p. 155 |
The role of family and friends | p. 159 |
Conclusion | p. 162 |
The Quality of Care | p. 165 |
Townsend's quality measure | p. 166 |
The CSCI quality ratings | p. 174 |
The worst homes | p. 177 |
The best homes | p. 180 |
Conclusion | p. 186 |
Conclusions | |
Revisiting and Reuse | p. 189 |
Working with 'volunteer' researchers | p. 190 |
Reusing data | p. 197 |
Conclusion | p. 205 |
Continuity and Change in Residential Care for Older People | p. 207 |
Stability and change | p. 207 |
Social care in the twenty-first century | p. 210 |
De-stigmatizing residential care | p. 216 |
Appendixes | p. 219 |
Notes | p. 254 |
References | p. 261 |
Index | p. 277 |
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