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ISSN: 1460-8790
Online from: 1998
Subject Area: Health and Social Care
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Running a care home
| Title: | Running a care home |
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| Author(s): | Ann Mackay, (English Community Care Association) |
| Citation: | Ann Mackay, (2008) "Running a care home", Housing, Care and Support, Vol. 11 Iss: 4, pp.24 - 26 |
| Keywords: | Care homes, Costs, Priorities, Standards |
| Article type: | General review |
| DOI: | 10.1108/14608790200800030 (Permanent URL) |
| Publisher: | Emerald Group Publishing Limited |
| Abstract: | Services that are commissioned need to balance demands for higher standards, the needs of local communities and person-centred delivery with ever-tightening budgets. But this has yet to be achieved for the care home sector, where the cheapest services are chosen at the cost of quality. Recognition of care homes as an investment and the setting of rates based on what it takes to actually run a care home are needed. |
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