Residential care home workforce development

This study, published May 2010 by the JRF Foundation reports on how training care home staff can enhance social care and the health of older people in UK residential homes.

This study examines the best way of meeting the future needs of older care home residents. Exploring evidence from an in-depth study of three residential homes, it confirms that training care staff in basic clinical skills can enhance health and social care provision for older people in residential homes. It found that:

• This approach could boost older people's quality of life by making them more comfortable, increasing their well-being, and reducing the chance of them being unsettled by a move to a nursing home
• Residential homes will not be able to provide this choice unless there is financial support for new role carers and their training

http://www.jrf.org.uk/publications/care-workforce-development