Providing Good Care at Night for Older People: Practical Approaches for Use in Nursing and Care Homes

by Heather Wilkinson and Diana Kerr

The experiences and needs of residents and patients in nursing and care homes are very different at night, and this is particularly true for those with dementia. Yet nursing and care homes are not always inspected with the same rigour at night as they are during the day, and night staff do not always receive the same levels of training, resources and supervision as day staff.

This book provides night staff, their managers and anyone else...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1849050643
• ISBN13: 9781849050647
• Release Date: January 2010
• Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.0"