TY  - BOOK
AU  - Johnson,Julia
AU  - Rolph,Sheena
AU  - Smith,Randall
TI  - Residential care transformed: revisiting 'The last refuge' 
SN  - 9780230202429 (hbk.) :
AV  - HV1454 
U1  - 362.610941 JOH 
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Basingstoke
PB  - Palgrave Macmillan
KW  - Older people
KW  - Institutional care
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - History
KW  - Health and Wellbeing
KW  - ukslc
KW  - Social research & statistics
KW  - thema
KW  - Sociology
KW  - Age groups: the elderly
KW  - Care of the elderly
KW  - Geriatric nursing
KW  - Central / national / federal government policies
KW  - Sociology: family & relationships
KW  - Social work
KW  - United Kingdom, Great Britain
KW  - Social & cultural history
N1  - PART I: THE CONTEXT Why Revisit \'The Last Refuge\'?--A work of lasting importannce--The impact of --Townsend\'s research--Revisiting the Last Refuge--The plan of the book--2. Changing contexts of care--An ageing population--Changes in residential care provision--The welfare state: The early years--Privatization--Modernization--Paying for care--Personalization and residential care--Changing research agendas--3. The study design and methods--Survivors or non-survivors?--The tracing study--The context of change--Research instruments and methods--Access, participation and consent--Methodological issues--Part 11: Revisiting the last refuge:- 4. Survivors and non-survivors--The ex-PAIs--Other local authority homes--The voluntary homes--The private homes--Accounting for survival--Conclusion--5. Residents and staff:- Residents: Gender, age and ethnicity--Residents: Family and social circumstances--Residents: Personal assistance and capacity for self-care--Residents: Reasons for admission--Staff: Numbers and roles--Staff: Training and qualifications--Managerial responsibilities--Conclusion--6. Living environment--Location and scale--Internal spaces--External spaces--Creating a \'homely\' environment--Rules, regulations and routines--Managerial styles and staff attitudes-- Conclusion--7. Daily lives:- From domestic work to daily living activities--Caring and supporting--Organized group activities--Hobbies and pastimes--Friends, cliques and internal communities-- Getting out and about--The role of family and friends--Conclusion--8. The quality of care:- Townsend\'s quality measure--The CSCI quality ratings--The worst homes--The best homes--Conclusion--Part 111: Conclusions:- 9. Revisiting and reuse--Working with \'volunteer\' researchers--Reusing data--Conclusion--10. Continuity and change in Residential care for older people--Stability and change--Social care in the twenty-first century--De-stigmatizing residential care
N2  - This text revisits Peter Townsend's classic study of residential care for older people in Britain conducted in the late 1950s. It provides not only a fascinating account of residential care for older people over the last 50 years but is also an important contribution to the literature on research methods
ER  -