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The interface between learning disability and old age psychiatry: two specialties travelling alone or travelling together?
- Authors:
- BENBOW Susan Mary, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Review Journal, 16(1), March 2011, pp.25-35.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Despite existing policy, there is little guidance on what quality of care and equity of service provision for people with learning difficulties and mental health problems might look like. To address this gap, the Royal College of Psychiatrists set up a group to look at the interface between old age psychiatry and learning disability. It also commissioned a survey of learning disability and old age psychiatrists to investigate their experience of working across the interface between the two specialities - this paper is based on the final report. It presents findings from the survey and sets out eight recommendations to further the work: guidelines on interface working; joint training opportunities; working with social/health care commissioners; development of interface protocols; awareness of other care professionals; development of service models; sharing of expertise; and inclusion of users and carers from the interface area. The authors concluded that, while there were no clear ideas on how services should be provided to older people with a learning disability who also develop a mental health problem, the need for collaboration between the two fields was convincing.