TY  - JOUR
AB  - Services that are commissioned need to balance demands for higher standards, the needs of local communities and person‐centred delivery with ever‐tightening budgets. But, says Ann Mackay, this has yet to be achieved for the care home sector where the cheapest services are chosen at the cost of quality. Recognition of care homes as an investment and the setting of rates based on what it takes to actually run a care home are needed.
VL  - 12
IS  - 4
SN  - 1366-3666
DO  - 10.1108/13663666200800064
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/13663666200800064
AU  - Mackay Ann
PY  - 2008
Y1  - 2008/01/01
TI  - Running a care home
T2  - Working with Older People
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 14
EP  - 18
Y2  - 2024/09/19
ER  -