Managing Residential Care - 9780415164870

Taylor & Francis

This is a guide to best practice in residential care homes. John Burton uses his extensive experience as a care consultant and realistic case studies to analyze common problems and proposes models to help managers and their staff succeed. > \nManaging Residential Care puts forward suggestions for improving the development of residential care through better management.\n Extended examples and realistic case studies throughout demonstrate how managers can succeed and how sometimes the powerful forces of mismanagement can obstruct them. > Introduction. Part One Five Stories of Management Chapter 1. Marcia, Chapter 2. Bob, Chapter 3. Noreen, Chapter 4. Lok, Chapter 5. Janet and Jeeva, Part Two Thinking About Residential Work: Its Content, Organisation and Management Chapter 6. The Wider Picture and the Core Task, Chapter 7. Becoming a Good Manager in a Hostile Environment, Part Three The Practicalities of Managing a Therapeutic Social Ecology Chapter 8. Residents, Chap8