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Pulling together
- Author:
- STRONG Susannah
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 30.4.94, 1994, p.10.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Evidence that the quality of hospital discharge for older people is uneven has led to a new, practical workbook from the Department of Health. Reports on the circumstances which prompted its publication.
Seamless care or patchwork quilt: discharging patients from acute hospital care
- Author:
- MARKS Linda
- Publisher:
- King's Fund Institute
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 55p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Examines discharge related problems, including management, administrative and policy issues.
Hospital discharge project
- Authors:
- NEILL June, WILLIAMS Jenny
- Journal article citation:
- Social Services Research, 1 1994, 1994, p.65.
- Publisher:
- Social Services Research Group
Briefly looks at elements of the work carried out by the Research Unit at the National Institute for Social Work (NISW), into the process of hospital discharge.
Last nail in the coffin of cradle-to-grave NHS
- Author:
- CRESWELL Jackie
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 25.8.94, 1994, p.9.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Reports on critical response to draft Department of Health guidance on the continuing care of older people, which appears to open the way for the NHS to discharge older people into means-tested social services.
Continuing care: continuing concern
- Author:
- ASSOCIATION OF DIRECTORS OF SOCIAL SERVICES
- Publisher:
- Association of Directors of Social Services
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 16p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Northallerton
Report outlining the Association's views, concerns and aspirations about the care of older people, and in particular, an examination of the issues surrounding continuing care.
NHS and Community Care Act 1990 and discharges from hospital to private residential and nursing homes
- Authors:
- LEWIS Peter A., DUNN Rebecca B., VETTER Norman J.
- Journal article citation:
- British Medical Journal, 2.7.94, 1994, pp.28-29.
- Publisher:
- British Medical Association
Describes a study which compares the proportions of patients discharged to private residential and nursing homes or elsewhere from a department of geriatric medicine in Bath, Avon before and after the implementation of the NHS and community care act in April 1993. Also gives the lengths of time patients had spent in hospital before their discharge.
Inspection of social services department arrangements for the discharge of elderly people from hospital to residential or nursing home care: Hertfordshire; 14 - 25 March 1994
- Authors:
- GOLDSMITH Linda, STRETTLE Terry, HORRIDGE Doreen
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health. Social Services Inspectorate. London West I
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 43p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Caring in a crisis: going home from hospital
- Author:
- WHITE Sheila
- Publisher:
- Age Concern
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 96p.,list of orgs.
- Place of publication:
- London
Practical text aimed at older people returning home from hospital, and their carers. Designed to help readers make the appropriate preparations the book gives a clear explanation of the procedures hospitals must follow when discharging patients. Includes advice on: having a relative's needs assessed; help with aids and adaptations; what needs to be done on the day of leaving hospital; how to make a complaint; and getting financial help.
Lambeth Social Services Department: arrangements for the discharge of elderly people from hospital to residential or nursing home care; 8th March - 18th March 1994
- Authors:
- ADAMS Ken, et al
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health. Social Services Inspectorate. London East I
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 26p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Inspection of social services department arrangements for the discharge of elderly people from hospital to residential or nursing home care: Staffordshire; 31 January - 4 February 1994, 15 - 18 February 1994
- Authors:
- RIDDELL Bill, et al
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health. Social Services Inspectorate. Central Inspe
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 46p.
- Place of publication:
- Nottingham