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The previous 30 years have seen an uninterrupted move away from institutionalised living in large-scale hospitals towards smaller-scale and more personalised settings closer to the communities in which the users have lived. Although there continues to be a shift to larger private establishments, community residential and nursing homes arguably allow a high quality of life to be achieved nearer the users’ own personal community than has previously been possible.
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Stewart, R., Turner, I. (1997). Achieving Quality in Residential Care and Nursing Homes. In: Mason, C. (eds) Achieving Quality in Community Health Care Nursing. Community Health Care Series. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-13904-0_8
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