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Rapid access for older people to specialist mental health services
- Authors:
- HIRST Joanne, OLDKNOW Helen
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 24.2.09, 2009, pp.12-13.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
This article outlines an initiative to provide rapid access to specialist services for older people with mental health difficulties living in care homes. It outlines the main aims of the service and its impact. The service has significantly reduced unnecessary hospital admissions.
Stop, look and listen: service user and carer consultation can make a genuine difference to a service
- Author:
- OLDKNOW Helen
- Journal article citation:
- Working with Older People, 11(1), March 2007, pp.32-36.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
The author describes the aims and objectives of the Doncaster and South Humber Healthcare NHS Trust's clinical audit of its community mental health nursing team. In the audit the views of service users and carers on their initial assessment interview were sought. The following simple changes in practice regarding out-of-hours contact made a genuine difference to service users and carers.