| Long term care for older people is an area of recurrent and unresolved difficulty. Recent
debate has been characterised by disputes over who should pay for care and whether some people have been unfairly (and illegally) charged for care which should have been provided free of charge by the NHS. These are important questions. There are also equally vital
issues about the nature and quality of long term care - and that debate has scarcely begun.
The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) commissioned independent consultants Melanie
Henwood and Eileen Waddington to undertake a short term research project to explore the
perceptions and experiences of RCN members about continuing health care for older people.
The report of that research provides insight to the informed and expert views of nurses on these issues, and should better enable the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) to contribute to the emerging national debate.
Download the report in pdf from the BGS website. |