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A balanced life?
— a consumer study of residential life in a hundred local authority old people's homes | | Author(s) | Sheila M Peace, Leonie A Kellaher, Dianne M Willcocks |
| Corporate Author | Social Survey Research Unit, School of Applied Social Studies and Sociology, Polytechnic of North London |
| Publisher | Social Survey Research Unit, Polytechnic of North London, London, 1982 |
| Pages | 51 pp (Research report no 14) |
| Keywords | Care homes ; Local Authority Homes ; Residents [care homes] ; Care home staff ; Space needs ; Architectural design ; Attitude ; Social surveys ; United Kingdom. |
| Annotation | This is a condensed version of `The residential life of old people: a study in 100 local authority homes' (1982), which examined the views of 1,000 older residents and 400 members of staff on their accommodation and physical environment. The aim was to explore the interrelationships between the social, organisational and physical environments which constitute residential life. This report describes the views of staff and residents on the public spaces (dining rooms, lounges) and private spaces (bedrooms, bathrooms) in the residential homes. The development of group living within residential care homes, and the attitudes of residents and staff toward this type of spatial arrangement is also examined. It is concluded that residential life is unbalanced because it is overwhelmingly public. The development of residential flatlets - larger and more flexible versions of single rooms - is suggested as an alternative to traditional residential living. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-930504019 B |
| Classmark | KW: KWA: KX: QRM: R5: YB3: DP: 3F: 8 |
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