Running a care home

Running a care home

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, says Ann Mackay, this has yet to be achieved for the care home sector where the cheapest services are chosen at the cost of quali...

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Veröffentlicht in:Working with older people (Brighton, England) England), 2008-12, Vol.12 (4), p.14-18
1. Verfasser: Mackay, Ann
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Cost control
Cost recovery
Councils
Fees & charges
Inflation
Legislation
Medical equipment
Nursing homes
Older people
Patients
Wages & salaries
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Zusammenfassung: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, says Ann Mackay, 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.
ISSN:1366-3666
2042-8790
DOI:10.1108/13663666200800064