In the 1960s, the King's Fund caused a major stir when it developed a new specification for hospital beds. Manufacturers implemented the specification as the 'King's Fund bed', which was revolutionary in its time and a major step forward in patient care. Today, more than 30 years later, the bed ...
In the 1960s, the King's Fund caused a major stir when it developed a new specification for hospital beds. Manufacturers implemented the specification as the 'King's Fund bed', which was revolutionary in its time and a major step forward in patient care. Today, more than 30 years later, the bed ...
There are nearly 40,000 residential and nursing homes in the UK and choosing one of them, often under great speed and stress, can be a daunting experience. It is difficult to know what to look for, how to check that the standards are high, who funds what, and why there ...
This publication contains the organisational standards for nursing and residential homes produced after three years of development and trialling. It also contains a short account of the development of the standards and the process of using them in both nursing home and residential homes contexts.
These standards and criteria provide nursing homes with the means to evaluate practice and to stimulate development. They provide staff with an opportunity to question what they do, why they do it and whether it could be done better. These standards have been refined by the King's Fund Organisational Audit ...
This document defines the standard of care for facilities for elderly patients, and includes a checklist of standards together with guidelines for rating the criteria of service.
This conference took place within the context of three related developments. Firstly, there was the wide-ranging debate about standard setting and the measurement of quality in public services. Secondly, there were the more specific concerns about standards of care in residential accommodation for the elderly, and thirdly, there was the ...
This document is the report of the general situation of the nursing home and looks at: the general financial situation; bed occupancy; levels of staffing; catering provision; and cleaning services.Various recommendations are made by which the running of the Home could be improved.