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Transitions in care homes: towards relationship‐centred care using the ‘Senses Framework’

Mike Nolan (School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Sheffield)
Sue Davies (School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Sheffield)
Jayne Brown (School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Sheffield)

Quality in Ageing and Older Adults

ISSN: 1471-7794

Article publication date: 1 September 2006

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Abstract

Long‐term care in general, and care homes in particular, have never enjoyed high status as a place to live and work. This remains the case. In large part this marginalised position is due to the continued failure to value the contribution that care homes make to supporting frail and vulnerable older people. In order to promote a more positive vision of what can be achieved in care homes, this paper argues for the adoption of a relationship‐centred approach to care. The need for such a model is described, and how it might be applied using the ‘Senses Framework’ is considered. It is argued that adopting such a philosophy will provide a clearer sense of therapeutic direction for staff working in care homes, as well as more explicitly recognising the contribution that residents and relatives can make to creating an ‘enriched environment’ of care.

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Nolan, M., Davies, S. and Brown, J. (2006), "Transitions in care homes: towards relationship‐centred care using the ‘Senses Framework’", Quality in Ageing and Older Adults, Vol. 7 No. 3, pp. 5-14. https://doi.org/10.1108/14717794200600015

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Emerald Group Publishing Limited

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