Mortality amongst residents of nursing and residential homes in Northern Ireland.

It is generally recognised throughout the caring services that mortality is a rather extreme, but vital component of monitoring the quality of care. Mortality statistics are now routinely scrutinized in many branches of the health and social services; examples include the enquiries following maternal deaths stillbirths and deaths of infants in the first year of life; the reporting and analysis of post-operative mortality rates, and the post-Shipman surveillance of patient mortality rates amongst GPs. This research proposes to examine variation in mortality amongst the residents of nursing and residential homes of Northern Ireland.

Outputs:

McCann M. Investigating mortality in nursing and residential homes for older people. MSc Thesis. Queen’s University Belfast 2008.