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Residential Care for Elderly People: The Correlates of Quality

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 November 2008

Ian Gibbs  and
Ian Sinclair*
Ian Gibbs
Affiliation:
Department of Social Policy and Social Work, University of York, Heslington, York YO1 5DD.
Ian Sinclair*
Affiliation:
Department of Social Policy and Social Work, University of York, Heslington, York YO1 5DD.
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Abstract

Given the vulnerability of elderly people living in long-term hospitals and in other forms of institutional provision, it is essential that the quality of their care is as high as possible. This observation, moreover, has widespread relevance irrespective of variations in the structure of health and social care provision in different countries. In pursuit of this objective the newly established ‘arm's length’ inspection units in Britain will be responsible for setting and also safeguarding standards in homes. The article, based on research commissioned by the Social Services Inspectorate, uses a global measure of quality derived from the inspection of residential care homes, examines the correlates of this measure in a sample of local authority and independent homes in Britain and discusses the implications of the findings for policy and further research.

Type
Research Article
Information
Ageing & Society , Volume 12 , Issue 4 , December 1992 , pp. 463 - 482
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1992

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