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Care of the Elderly and Occupational Health for Staff in Local Nursing Homes: : Quality Issues

Hannah Patrick (Senior Registrar in Public Health Medicine.)
Jennifer Bennett (Consultant in Public Health Medicine at the East Sussex Health Authority, Brighton, UK.)

International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance

ISSN: 0952-6862

Article publication date: 1 June 1994

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Abstract

Describes a questionnaire sent to 11 of the 66 nursing homes in the Brighton Health Authority to compare the quality of care provided. These homes care for 242 patients (representing 13 per cent of the 1,728 places in Brighton nursing homes). Questions dealt with residential environment, occupational health, care and control of medicines, clerical services, procedures for prevention and control of infection, etc. Results are discussed and recommendations for further improvements made.

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Patrick, H. and Bennett, J. (1994), "Care of the Elderly and Occupational Health for Staff in Local Nursing Homes: : Quality Issues", International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance, Vol. 7 No. 3, pp. 21-26. https://doi.org/10.1108/09526869410059718

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MCB UP Ltd

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