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Social work and mental handicap
- Author:
- ANDERSON David
- Publisher:
- Macmillan for the British Association of Social Workers
- Publication year:
- 1982
- Pagination:
- 163p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Mental health service discrimination against older people
- Authors:
- ANDERSON David, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Psychiatrist (The), 37(3), 2013, pp.98-103.
- Publisher:
- Royal College of Psychiatrists
To provide a picture of availability and equality of access to mental health services for older people prior to the Equality Act. In 2010, a questionnaire was sent to health commissioners in England, Scotland and Wales under a Freedom of Information request. This information was requested for 11 services: in-patient, out-patient, community mental health team (CMHT), CRHT (24 hours and office hours), assertive outreach, intermediate care, dedicated general hospital liaison, rehabilitation, low secure, and specialist psychotherapy. Overall, 132 (76%) replied. Of 11 services, 7 were either unavailable or did not provide equality of access to older people in more than a third of commissioning areas. The greatest inequality found for CRHT and assertive outreach services preferentially developed to serve the needs of younger adults. When provided by specialist older people’s mental health, services were more often considered to ensure equality. Increasing need resulting from an ageing population is unlikely to be met in the face of current inequality. Inequality on the basis of age is the result of government policy and not the existence of specialist services for older people. Single age-inclusive services may create indirect age discrimination. Availability alone is insufficient to demonstrate equality of access. Monitoring the effects of legislation must take this into account. (Edited publisher abstract)
The rising demand for consultation-liaison psychiatry for older people: comparisons within Liverpool and the literature across time
- Authors:
- ANDERSON David, et al
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 26(12), December 2011, pp.1231-1235.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This study compared the rate of referrals of older people for consultation-liaison psychiatry services over time within Liverpool to national averages. All referrals to the liaison psychiatry service for older people in Liverpool between 1999 and 2004 were used to calculate referral rates and compared with data from the same hospital from 1981 to 1989 previously published. Findings revealed that between 1999 and 2004 there were 2,760 referrals to the Liverpool liaison psychiatry service for older people producing an average annual referral rate of 2.89%. This compares to a referral rate of 0.7% in 1981 and 1.34% in 1989, representing an increasing trend over a 30 year period. The rate of referral increased with age. The authors concluded that liaison psychiatry services will need professionals trained in old age psychiatry if the needs of the ageing population are to be catered for.
Domiciliary clinics: a cost minimisation analysis
- Authors:
- ANDERSON David, AQUILINA Carmelo
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 17(10), October 2002, pp.945-949.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This article compares the cost of assessing new referrals to an old age psychiatry service at the patient's home or a hospital-based clinic. An old age psychiatry service in Liverpool where routine referrals were assessed at home (domiciliary clinic) was compared to an adjacent service which assessed people in an outpatient clinic. Activity levels for four years of the service were collected and analysed. The domiciliary clinic was marginally cheaper than outpatient assessment (£48 compared to £50 per successful assessment). The most important variables in determining the cost effectiveness of the service were non-attendance rates, the grade of doctor seeing the patient and the time spent traveling for the home assessment.
Dundee family support team: side by side respite care scheme
- Authors:
- ANDERSON David, BEVERIDGE Colin
- Publisher:
- Barnardo's
- Publication year:
- 1989
- Pagination:
- 46p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Report on a collaborative project between Tayside Health Board, Tayside Social Work Department, and Barnardo's, which offers support services to families with a child or young person with learning difficulties living at home. Concentrates on one aspect of the services offered - respite care. Describes the setting up and running of the scheme, and looks at recruitment, assessment, training and support for carers.
Mental health law and practice for social workers
- Authors:
- ANDERSON-FORD David, HALSEY Michael D
- Publisher:
- Butterworths
- Publication year:
- 1984
- Pagination:
- 242p.
- Place of publication:
- Sevenoaks