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© British Association of Social Workers

Short Term Care for the Elderly in Residential Homes: A Research Note

DUNCAN BOLDY and DIANA KUH

Dr. Duncan Boldy teaches in the Centre for Advanced Studies (Division of Health Sciences), at the Western Australia Institute of Technology. Diana Kuh is attached to the Paediatric Research Unit, Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, Exeter.

Please address requests for reprints to Dr. D. Boldy, Division of Health Sciences, Centre for Advanced Studies, Western Australian Institute of Technology, Kent Street, Bentley WA 6102, Australia.

Summary

Short term care for the elderly has expanded rapidly in the last five years. The study evaluates short stay care in four residential homes using interviews with 42 clients, their main ‘carers’, officers-in-charge of the homes and social workers. Whilst the service worked reasonably smoothly and provided a break for family carers there remains further potential for improving the quality of service in the context of a full range of services for elderly people.


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