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Title:
Old People in Long-stay Institutions, 1965-1970

Subject Categories:
Health services and medical care - Health
Mental health - Health
Social indicators and quality of life - Society and Culture
Elderly - Social stratification and groupings
Use and provision of specific social services - Social welfare policy and systems

Depositor(s):
Townsend, P., University of Essex. Department of Sociology

Principal Investigator(s):
Townsend, P., University of Essex. Department of Sociology

Abstract:
This study examined the provision and quality of care for elderly people in long-stay institutions. The collection includes: visit reports from a range of local authority and private homes, nursing homes, general and psychiatric hospitals; and notes based on interviews carried out with nursing and administrative staff in three case study hospitals. A draft report based on the research was prepared but not finalised or published.
Main Topics:
Old age; elderly people; residential care of the elderly; nursing homes; old people's homes; care of dependants; retirement; hospitals; hospital patients; nursing; nursing staff; hospital administrators; psychiatric treatment; welfare services; welfare service administration; social isolation; loneliness

Coverage:
Time Period Covered: 1965-1970
Dates of Fieldwork: 1965-1970
Country: England
Spatial Units: No spatial unit
Observation Units: Individuals; Institutions/organisations
Kind of Data: Textual data; Individual (micro) level

Universe Sampled:
Location of Units of Observation:Subnational
Population:Staff of long-stay institutions

Methodology:
Time Dimensions: Repeated cross-sectional study
Sampling Procedures: Simple random sample
Method of Data Collection: Face-to-face interview; Interview notes; Visit reports
Weighting: No weighting used

Language(s) of Written Materials:
Study Description: English
Study Documentation: English

Access:
Access Conditions: Host archive conditions apply
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Copyright:
Copyright Professor Peter Townsend.