Publications

	KEEP SMILING: DENTAL CARE AND ORAL HEALTH FOR OLDER PEOPLE IN CARE HOMES A practical guide for staff, residents and relatives... More £8.00 (£6.00 to R&RA members) Currently being revised and updated. Photocopies available at publication price
	INSPECTION IN ACTION: MAKING INSPECTION WORK A survey of the inspection reports of 100 care homes given one star and rated ‘adequate’ by adequate’ by the Commission for Social Care Inspection… More £8.00 (£6.00 to R&RA members)
	ASSESSMENT DENIED? COUNCIL RESPONSIBILITIES TOWARDS SELF-FUNDERS MOVING INTO CARE By Gillian Dalley with Michael Mandelstam This report explores the problems that face people who have to meet all the cost of their own social care (known as self-funders) when they first make contact with local authorities to have their care needs assessed. In particular, it focuses on older people planning to move into residential care... More £8.00 (£6.00 to R&RA members) Currently being reprinted. Photocopies available at publication price
	VOLUNTEERS IN CARE HOMES FOR OLDER PEOPLE: AN UNDERUSED OPPORTUNITY? By Rose Heatley This study is based on data collected from care home providers, activity organisers, volunteer providers and a review of academic and other literature... More £8.00 (£6.00 to R&RA members) Currently being reprinted. Photocopies available at publication price
	MOVING STORIES: THE IMPACT OF ADMISSION INTO A CARE HOME ON RESIDENTS’ PARTNERS By Alison Clarke and Les Bright Drawing on the experiences of callers to the R&RA’s telephone advice line, this report looks into the effects – practical, emotional and financial – of a care home admission on the spouse or partner who is left at home... More £8.00 (£6.00 to R&RA members)
	THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF RESIDENTS IN CARE HOMES (NOTES FROM R&RA CONFERENCE 2005) Notes of speeches by Michele Hanson (The Guardian), Paul Burstow MP, Carolina Gottardo (British Institute of Human Rights) and Gillian Dalley (Chief Executive, R&RA) plus personal accounts by relatives of residents in care... More £10.00 (£6.00 to R&RA members)
	INVOLVING RELATIVES AND FRIENDS: A GOOD PRACTICE GUIDE FOR HOMES FOR OLDER PEOPLE By Julia Burton-Jones Aims to spread understanding of how to enable the family and friendship relationships which residents have built up over a lifetime to continue to flourish so that relatives and friends remain involved in the care provided in homes... More £8.00 (£6.00 to R&RA members)
	GARDENING IN HOMES: A GUIDE FOR RELATIVES IN NURSING AND RESIDENTIAL CARE HOMES By Pam Hutchence Aims to help the relatives and friends of residents in care homes to continue residents’ interests in plants and flowers both within and outside the home... More £3.00 (£2.50 to R&RA members)
	A RELATIVE’S PERSPECTIVE: THE NEED TO INVOLVE RELATIVES AND FRIENDS By Dorothy White Text of a speech given by the founder of the then Relatives Association suggesting ways in which care homes and relatives can work together... More £1.50 (£1.00 to R&RA members)
	I HAVE COME TO VISIT... By Bernd Koschland A telling and moving account by a husband of having to visit the person with whom he has shared his life. Deals with the practical, emotional and spiritual consequences for both partners when one has to live in a care home.... More £1.50 (£1.00 to R&RA members)
	WHEN MY MOTHER DIED By Dorothy White A personal account of the difficulties that can arise for relatives and staff when dealing with death in a care home. Includes comments of some of those who read the text and responded with their own experiences... More £1.50 (£1.00 to R&RA members)
	ON BEING THE RELATIVE OF SOMEONE IN A HOME By Dorothy White A personal account of the difficulties that can arise for relatives and staff when dealing with death in a care home. Includes comments of some of those who read the text and responded with their own experiences... More £1.50 (£1.00 to R&RA members)