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The Relatives & Residents Association exists for older people needing, or living in, residential care and the families and friends left behind.

Relatives often need a listening ear to cope with feelings of guilt about their perceived inability to carry on caring. They may want to know how to get help in understanding the complex rules and regulations about paying for care or to complain about the quality of care their loved ones are receiving.

R&RA helps in all these ways, quietly sympathetic, authoritative in its advice and always fiercely supportive of the frail vulnerable people it seeks to help.

We do this through:

- Support & Information via the helpline
- Carrying out project work that focuses on specific issues
- Influencing policy and practice
- Working with local relatives & residents groups in care homes

 
R&RA Conference
London, 16 July 2008

‘Will they look after her?’
Health and wellbeing in care homes

  • Dental care
  • Involving the GP
  • Medication reviews
  • Sleep problems
  • Sight and hearing services
  • Foot care
  • Hospital links
  • Family involvement
‘Will my mother be cared for properly?’
‘Will my father’s medication be reviewed regularly?’
‘Will they be able to see the GP when they need to?’

When older people go into residential care, families often worry about the care their relatives are going to receive. They do not know what to expect on their behalf, or what rights they have as families to be kept informed and involved.

This conference will explore the concerns that families have and hear from health and social care professionals responsible for providing the care that residents receive.

Delegate fee: £90 (£25 R&RA individual members)

Who should attend?
Relatives of care home residents ▪ Health & social care professionals ▪ Researchers
▪ Care home managers ▪ Care home inspectors ▪ Voluntary organisation members

For details of venue and speakers please click the links below
Conference Programme (Word format)
Conference Programme (PDF format)


Mental Capacity Act

What you need to know about the Mental Capacity Act 2005. The R&RA MCA webpage will provide information about the Act and its implications. It will give details of R&RA events and activities that will be organised to publicise the implementation of the Act as they happen...read more

 
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Last Modified: 02 July 2008
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