Notes

1. For details of this research go to: http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/corporate/news/press_releases/y/m/release.asp?id=200712&r=PR07/0672
For more information call 01772 530098 or visit online at: www.lancashire.gov.uk/telecare

2. Sheffield (UK) Council website includes an excellent list of questions to ask in choosing the right care home, at the following link: http://www.sheffield.gov.uk/safe--sound/social-services/getting-help-from-social-services/help-for-adults/residentialandnursingcare/questionstoask

3. W. David Wills, Spare The Child, London: Penguin, 1971. Now out of print, but second-hand copies can be obtained online.

4. Sheila Cassidy, Sharing the Darkness: The Spirituality of Caring, London: Darton, Longman & Todd, 1988.

5. Toinette Lippe, Caught in the Act, New York, NY: Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin, 2004, p. 26.