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 -