PEACH: Promoting Excellence in All Care Homes

Tadd, Winifred, Woods, Robert, O'Neill, Martin, Windle, Gill, Read, Simon Mark, Seddon, Diane, Hall, Charlotte and Bayer, Anthony ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7514-248X 2012. PEACH: Promoting Excellence in All Care Homes. [Project Report]. London: Prevention of Abuse and Neglect in the Institutional Care of Older Adults. Available at: https://www.cfmhas.org.uk/research/completed-proje...

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Abstract

The Promoting Excellence in All Care Homes study focuses on the position of staff in care homes, and the influences upon them. The care home workforce has a pivotal role in the quality of care provided to residents of care homes, which in turn is a major influence on quality of life. This large work-force, of probably over a half a million people, carry out work that is often seen as unattractive, at rates of pay that are seen as under-valuing the contribution made, without a clear career structure, in a sector that is marked by constant change. Individual staff members are influenced by their personal attributes and resources, their own families, relationships and social networks, but also by the social climate in their work-place and by the organisational environment. Burn-out and low job satisfaction have been related to negative attitudes to residents and lower quality of life. The sector often attracts unfavourable publicity in relation to reported instances of abuse and neglect, although estimating the extent of such problems is challenging. Training is often viewed as a vehicle for reducing the risk of abuse and neglect, and to increase the value afforded to those undertaking this work.

Item Type:	Monograph (Project Report)
Status:	Published
Schools:	Social Sciences (Includes Criminology and Education) Medicine Healthcare Sciences Centre for Economic and Social Aspects of Genomics (CESAGen)
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) H Social Sciences > HM Sociology R Medicine > R Medicine (General) R Medicine > RT Nursing
Publisher:	Prevention of Abuse and Neglect in the Institutional Care of Older Adults
Funders:	Department of Health Policy Research Programme, Comic Relief
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	13 July 2018
Last Modified:	23 Oct 2022 14:14
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/113154

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