title: Quality outcomes in rehabilitation.
abstract: THIS GOVERNMENT'S time in office has seen it thinking the unthinkable and doing what the previous government had not dared, using nursing homes to ease pressures on the NHS. To those of us working in independent and voluntary homes this is an exciting development. Some of our colleagues working in the NHS view this with suspicion - the thin end of a very thick wedge. Why is the government contemplating using nursing homes to rehabilitate older people? What are the costs and benefits of using nursing homes as rehabilitation centres?
authors.affiliation: Nightingale House and visiting lecturer South Bank University and Kings College.
authors.forename: Linda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Nazarko