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Equipped for going home from hospital
- Authors:
- CLARK Heather, DYER Sue
- Journal article citation:
- Health Care in Later Life, 3(1), 1998, pp.34-45.
Follows a number of older people through the processes of hospital discharge, focusing upon those who were assessed during a home visit prior to discharge by a hospital occupational therapist and for whom equipment and/or housing adaptations were recommended. This article discusses the older people's responses to such recommendations, and questions the extent to which the stated objectives of current community care policies are being met.
Going home: older people leaving hospital
- Authors:
- CLARK Heather, DYER Sue, HARTMAN Louise
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 68p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Bristol
Report examining the experiences of older people being discharged from hospital, especially those needing housing adaptations and or special equipment. Based on a series of in-depth interviews with older people and professionals. Looks at aspects of the needs assessment process, including: the policy context; the 'home visit' with hospital occupational therapists; issues of consultation between professionals and patients; and the coping strategies employed by older people to maintain their independence. The report also questions how far the stated objectives of the community care reforms are being met under present arrangements.