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A unitary approach to the care of the hospitalised elderly mentally ill
- Author:
- COULSHED Veronica
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Social Work, 10(1), 1980, pp.19-32.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
A descriptive account of social work intervention on a psychogeriatric ward over a period of five months.
Letters and visits to long-stay Broadmoor patients
- Author:
- VAUGHAN Phillip J.
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Social Work, 10(4), 1980, pp.471-481.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Suggests that long stay psychiatric patients are often institutionalised and abandoned by their families. Patients should be encouraged to take a more active interest in the outside world, and relatives encouraged to maintain links.