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Access to health care services and information in residential care
- Authors:
- McDONALD Ann, TAYLOR Margaret
- Journal article citation:
- Elders the Journal of Care and Practice, 3(4), December 1994, pp.41-51.
In the provision of residential care to older people, health care needs are of importance. On entering residential care people are concerned that access to health care, the range of services, and continuity of care are equal to those available in the community. It is also necessary for the residential home to have continuing support from community services, which include accurate, often detailed, information on the health care needs of their residents. Discusses how information and health care services are accessed in residential care.