...Pelin Önder Erol; Elif Gün Purpose A long-established cultural norm of filial piety may cause ambivalent feelings for adult children who are considered the primary caregivers for their elderly parents in Turkish culture, and whose parents have been placed into nursing homes. The purpose...

... changes could be made to improve the current accreditation programme? 12 What would be the role of accreditation in an ideal aged care sector regulatory system? Quality of life Accreditation Nursing home Person-centred care Consumer expectations Quality of care The vulnerability...

.... task focus, relation focus, involvement, time-use, body language, autonomy, respect, warmth, encouragement, and information) in two elderly care settings, i.e. home care and nursing home. Observations added up to 45 hours. Findings – Principal component analyses confirmed the proposed two-factor...

... into institutional abuse in hospital settings were included alongside those from residential and nursing homes for two reasons. First because of the limited evidence available about institutional abuse and second because the organisational provision of twenty four hours a day, long-term care of older people has...

...Christina Victor; Ian Hastie; Georgina Christodoulou; Peter Millard Despite the new ‘needs driven’ criteria for public funded admission to nursing homes, there remains concern that older people are entering such care inappropriately. However, neither previous research or policy makers have sub...