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Explaining about . advocacy and care home residents

Explaining about . advocacy and care home residents J_255_01_05WWOP9.1Marchinsides 23/3/05 4:11 pm Page 9 Feature Fay Wright Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Gerontology, King’s College London Becoming a Explaining care home resident Although relatively few about …. people (about five per cent) aged 65 or over live in a care home, the likelihood of admission rises sharply with age. At any one time, about 20% advocacy of men and women aged 85 and over will be care home residents (Wittenberg et al, 1998). Many people will become care home residents and care towards the end of their lives and die within a few months of admission. The quality of care home life must be a common concern, as so many will either personally home experience care home life, or will have a relative or a friend in this situation. Most people in care homes have physical, residents sensory or cognitive impairments. A recent Fay Wright of the Institute of Gerontology Government health survey (Prior and Primatesta, explains how advocacy can empower care 2002) reported that three in four care home home residents, how these services are residents were severely disabled on one or more currently being provided and argues for better dimensions of disability. Few older people http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Working with Older People Emerald Publishing

Explaining about . advocacy and care home residents

Wright, Fay
Working with Older People , Volume 9 (1): 4 – Mar 1, 2005
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J_255_01_05WWOP9.1Marchinsides 23/3/05 4:11 pm Page 9 Feature Fay Wright Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Gerontology, King’s College London Becoming a Explaining care home resident Although relatively few about …. people (about five per cent) aged 65 or over live in a care home, the likelihood of admission rises sharply with age. At any one time, about 20% advocacy of men and women aged 85 and over will be care home residents (Wittenberg et al, 1998). Many people will become care home residents and care towards the end of their lives and die within a few months of admission. The quality of care home life must be a common concern, as so many will either personally home experience care home life, or will have a relative or a friend in this situation. Most people in care homes have physical, residents sensory or cognitive impairments. A recent Fay Wright of the Institute of Gerontology Government health survey (Prior and Primatesta, explains how advocacy can empower care 2002) reported that three in four care home home residents, how these services are residents were severely disabled on one or more currently being provided and argues for better dimensions of disability. Few older people

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