Towards Quality Care

Caroline Mozley, York Hospitals NHS Trust, UK; Caroline Sutcliffe PSSRU, University of Manchester, UK; Heather Bagley PSSRU, University of Manchester, UK; Lis Cordingley University of Manchester, UK; David Challis PSSRU, University of Manchester, UK; Peter Huxley Institute of Psychiatry UK; Alistair Burns PSSRU, University of Manchester, UK

• Contents: Quality in care homes for older people; Quality of life in residential and nursing home care; The study design and its methods; The homes, the residents and their daily lives; Residents' health and quality of life; The experience of care staff; The culture of the care environment: the sheltered care environment scale; The views of relatives; Cognitive impairment and interviewability; Recognition and assessment of depression; The outcomes of care; Towards quality care in care homes; Appendix 1: observation study method; Appendix 2: casemix data collection sheet; Appendix 3: consent procedures; Appendix 4: variables used in the longitudinal analysis; Appendix 5: abbreviations; References and bibliography; Name index; Subject index.