The development of residential and nursing home care in the United Kingdom

Peace, Sheila M. (2003). The development of residential and nursing home care in the United Kingdom. In: Katz, Jeanne Samson and Peace, Sheila M. eds. End of Life in Care Homes: a Palliative Approach. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 15–42.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198510710.003.0002

Abstract

This chapter traces the development of nursing home and residential care in Great Britain. It discusses the development of care homes during the past twenty-five years and describes the nature of the people and the places that make up these long-term care services for older people. It reflects on how the culture of care has evolved within these settings and how issues regarding dying and death have only relatively recently been recognized as key aspects of the purpose of long-term care.

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