Mental health and care homes
The care home sector is large, with over 400 000 residents in the UK and a similar number employed within the homes. It is therefore an area of considerable economic importance. Care home residents are often very old, and many have multiple physical and mental health needs, meaning that their care p...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press
2011.
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| Edition: | 1st ed |
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009797984006719 |
| Summary: | The care home sector is large, with over 400 000 residents in the UK and a similar number employed within the homes. It is therefore an area of considerable economic importance. Care home residents are often very old, and many have multiple physical and mental health needs, meaning that their care poses particular challenges. They are also a distinctly and profoundly marginalised group who are often invisible in the wider debates on quality of care including those about care homes. Mental Health and Care Homes is a coherent and evidence-based text exploring these issues. Bringing together both |
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| Item Description: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (403 p.) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780191621178 9780191754722 9781283348690 9786613348692 9780191621680 |
