title: Ageing Britain: how long must workers continue to wait in hope?
abstract: Despite frequent demands for better trained care staff for the elderly, residential workers are still considered the poor relations of social workers. Author looks at the reasons for this low status and urges care staff radically to review the way they see their role.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Smith
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006707:Homes for the Aged / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D013222:State Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006113:United Kingdom; D000078329:Workforce