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Drawing the line
- Author:
- WHITELEY Philip
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 31.10.96, 1996, p.10.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The author reports on how two rows over bed-blocking by elderly patients have cooled, but they may be just the start of a series of disputes which are likely to arise as winter beckons and budgets tighten.
Homeward bound
- Author:
- CARLISLE Daloni
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 21.8.96, 1996, pp.14-15.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
Looks at the Home from Hospital volunteer scheme, operated by the Red Cross, Crewe. The scheme provides help to patients after discharge from hospital.
Racial differences in discharge planning
- Authors:
- MORROW-HOWELL Nancy, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Health and Social Work, 21(2), May 1996, pp.131-139.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Given previously reported findings of racial differences in elderly people's use of posthospital care, this article focuses on discharge planning processes as explanations of differential service utilisation. The authors studied the discharge plans for African American and white elderly patients and examined options pursued for posthospital care by social workers, patients, and families for evidence of racial differences. They also looked for racial differences in ruling out nursing home care for reasons of patient and family preference. Implications for practice and future research are discussed.
Basic steps towards good discharge
- Author:
- -
- Journal article citation:
- Care Plan, 3(2), December 1996, pp.20-22.
- Publisher:
- Positive Publications/ Anglia Polytechnic University, Faculty of Health and Social Work
Improving hospital discharge of older people is a vital factor in community care and can be seen as a litmus test of co-ordination between health and social services. Deals with some elementary steps in good discharge planning and practice.
Working with the NHS
- Author:
- WISTOW Gerald
- Journal article citation:
- Research Matters, 2, October 1996, pp.23-26.
- Publisher:
- Community Care
Argues that despite having been the focus of much attention since the early days of the community care reforms, hospital discharge is still an area which needs improvement and better co-ordination between agencies.
A day hospital for cognitive disorders: experience of the first year of activity
- Authors:
- GEROLDI Cristina, et al
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 11(10), October 1996, pp.895-899.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
The aims of this study were to (i) describe the typology of patients admitted to the day hospital for cognitive disorders of the Alzheimer's Disease Unit, Brescia, Italy, and (ii) describe the diagnostic, therapeutic and rehabilitative interventions carried out. Data are presented on the first 102 consecutive patients admitted to the day hospital. Though the effectiveness and usefulness of a day hospital service remains largely undemonstrated in terms of user satisfaction and quality of care, the present study suggests a day hospital may have a role in the diagnosis of cognitive disorder.
Quality of care, quality of life and the relationship between them in long-term care institutions for the elderly
- Authors:
- CHALLINER Yvonne, et al
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 11(10), October 1996, pp.883-888.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
A stratified randomly selected sample of 28 of all elderly long-term care institutions in the Southampton district was studied including private and local authority residential homes, private nursing home and NHS geriatric and psychogeriatric wards. The aim of the study was to look at the quality of care, quality of life and the relationship between them in these institutions. Explains how the research was conducted and presents the results.
Quality time
- Author:
- CARLISLE Daloni
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 22.8.96, 1996, p.23.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Reports on schemes run by the Red Cross which are helping many local authorities to look after elderly people discharged from hospital.
The views of professionals and patients on compulsory removal from home to an institution (Section 47, National Assistance Act)
- Author:
- MAYBERRY John F.
- Journal article citation:
- Health and Social Care in the Community, 4(4), July 1996, pp.208-214.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
A total of 548 solicitors, nurses and community physicians, together with 67 elderly people who had been admitted to hospital with acute medical conditions in the previous 6 months were sent a questionnaire about Section 47, National Assistance Act legislation and its role at the end of the twentieth century. Forty-eight percent of professionally qualified people and 54% of patients returned the questionnaire. Community physicians, consultant geriatricians, social workers and solicitors were most aware of Section 47; but only 27% of nurses and 17% of elderly patients had heard of it. Patients were most enthusiastic for retention of these powers of removal and social workers least so.
Snap decision
- Author:
- GEORGE Mike
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 2.5.96, 1996, pp.32-33.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Hospital social workers often have to make rapid judgments with little knowledge of their client. The author reports on one worker's dilemma.