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Volume 7, Issue 3
1 June 1994
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Research Article| June 01 1994

Care of the Elderly and Occupational Health for Staff in Local Nursing Homes: Quality Issues Available to Purchase

Hannah Patrick;
Hannah Patrick
Senior Registrar in Public Health Medicine.
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Jennifer Bennett
Jennifer Bennett
Consultant in Public Health Medicine at the East Sussex Health Authority, Brighton, UK.
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Author & Article Information
Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 1758-6542
Print ISSN: 0952-6862
© MCB UP Limited
1994
Int J Health Care Qual Assur (1994) 7 (3): 21–26.
https://doi.org/10.1108/09526869410059718

Describes a questionnaire sent to 11 of the 66 nursing homes in the Brighton Health Authority to compare the quality of care provided. These homes care for 242 patients (representing 13 per cent of the 1,728 places in Brighton nursing homes). Questions dealt with residential environment, occupational health, care and control of medicines,clerical services, procedures for prevention and control of infection,etc. Results are discussed and recommendations for further improvements made.

Keywords:
Elder care, Health care, Nursing homes, Occupational health and safety, Older people, Quality, Standards, United Kingdom
© MCB UP Limited
1994
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