Taking the right precautions to eliminate fire hazards
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Robert Starr
- Source
- Nursing and Residential Care. 21:42-44
- Subject
- Care homes
medicine
Frail elderly
General Medicine
Business
Fire safety
Medical emergency
medicine.disease
- Language
- ISSN
- 2052-2932
1465-9301
Fire safety is an important issue for any building, but especially so for care homes where frail elderly people reside. Robert Starr explains the legal framework around fire safety and what homes should do to comply with the law and minimise risk