Publisher's Synopsis
A major programme of developmental research in residential care practice and management - the Caring in Homes Initiative - is described and evaluated in this book. It raises a series of questions about residential care in the Nineties and highlights serious issues that will shape the provision of residential care in the future. The authors evaluated the Initiative over a period of three and a half years, visiting projects and interviewing residents, staff and managers in homes across all care groups. Their findings should be interesting reading for everybody who wishes to see residential care as a positive choice, for all those who use it and for the staff who run the services.
