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What's in a name? Views on psychiatric services for older people
- Authors:
- KELLY Fionnuala, REIDY Julianne, SWANWICK Gregory
- Journal article citation:
- Psychiatric Bulletin, 30(3), March 2006, pp.97-100.
- Publisher:
- Royal College of Psychiatrists
The aim of this study was to provide a name for a psychiatric service for older people in Dublin. A total of 296 individuals (167 doctors, 129 workshop attendees) were surveyed regarding their views on a name for the service. ‘Age-related psychiatry’ was a universally popular term. It was chosen by 43% of general practitioners, 56% of hospital doctors and 44% of the workshop attendees, as one of their top three choices. ‘Psychiatry of old age’, ‘geriatric psychiatry ‘and ‘psychogeriatrics’ were unpopular with all three groups. Names can gradually become stigmatising over time. This applies to the terms for ‘old ‘and ‘psychiatry’. In this survey all groups surveyed rejected some of the terms in widespread clinical use.
Commissioning services for older people and mental health problems: is there a shared vision?
- Authors:
- TUCKER Sue, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Integrated Care, 15(2), April 2007, pp.3-12.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
UK policy seeks to shift commissioning of services 'closer to people' with a view to establishing shared visions of local care services grounded in the opinions and priorities of the public. But the participation of older people with mental health problems and their carers in the strategic planning process has been patchy. This article compares practitioner and public perspectives of the services that should be provided for older people with mental health problems in an area of North West England. Significant differences were found in the services the various stakeholder groups prioritised for development, and in their views on how they should be organised. The implications for commissioning are discussed.
A survey of the relationship between community mental health teams and residential homes for the elderly
- Author:
- BAILLON Sarah
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 11(9), September 1996, pp.807-811.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
In recent years it has been widely reported that the levels of dementia and dependency in local authority social services residential homes for the elderly (Part III homes) have been increasing. This article reports on a survey of members of community mental health teams for the elderly (CMHTE), officers in local authority residential homes and GPs in Leicestershire regarding the contact and the relationship between CMHTE and Part III homes. Results found that there was general agreement between the three groups on the role of CMHTE members in the homes and the benefits of regular liaison involvement of a team member in a home.
A helpful hand to stop unsuitable prescriptions
- Author:
- OBOH Lelly
- Journal article citation:
- Health Service Journal, 124(6415), 19 September 2014, pp.25-27.
- Publisher:
- Emap Healthcare
In 2011 NHS London set up a clinically led Dementia and Prescribing Antipsychotic Project to support 31 London primary care organisations to reduce antipsycotic prescribing for behavioural and psychological symptoms in dementia (BPSD). This article reveals the process that led to the reduction of prescriptions and shares learning about what works using examples from successful primary care organisations - mainly Bexley, Bromley, Croydon, Richmond and Wandsworth. It also highlights the valuable contributions made by lead pharmasist and medicines management teams to drive the process, including using existing networks and systems to overcome barriers. (Edited publisher abstract)
Forget me not 2002: developing mental health services for older people in England; Audit Commission update, February 2002
- Author:
- AUDIT COMMISSION
- Publisher:
- Audit Commission
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 49p.
- Place of publication:
- London
'Forget me not', published in January 200, set out the Audit Commission's analysis of mental health services for older people in England and Wales. Since then auditors appointed by the Commission have been carrying out local audits of these services. This report summarises the main findings from audits in England. It highlights for managers and practitioners where they should concentrate their efforts.
Health improvement programmes
- Editors:
- RAWAF Salman, ORTON Peter
- Publisher:
- Royal Society of Medicine Press
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 184p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Exploration by a series of expert groups on the Health Improvement Programme, the cornerstone of the white paper 'The new NHS: modern and dependable'. Contains papers on: the national perspective; approaches to health improvement programmes (HIPs); healthcare needs assessment and HIPs; organisational commitment and stakeholder involvement in implementation; HIP implementation in general practice; changing clinical behaviour; local government and HIPs; HIPs and the public; setting and monitoring clinical standards; assessment of performance and health outcomes; a US perspective on clinical quality; medical schools, universities and HIPs; new therapies and technology; coronary heart disease; equity in mental health; substance misuse; minority ethnic health; child health; older people's health; and strengths, weaknesses and the way forward in current approaches.
Forget me not: mental health services for older people
- Author:
- AUDIT COMMISSION
- Publisher:
- Audit Commission
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 119p.,diags.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
First of a series of reports with a common theme of promoting independence for older people. Looks at mental health services for older people and includes chapters on: mental health problems in older people; identification and initial responses by services; services to help people at home; hospital and residential provision; coordination between services; and developing a comprehensive strategy.
Involving users and carers in developing standards for mental health services for older people
- Author:
- FINCH Jenny
- Journal article citation:
- Managing Community Care, 7(6), December 1999, pp.25-29.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
Consensus groups were held, two with users and one with carers, to refine standards for evaluation of mental health services for older people. The main issues of concern were the role of general practitioners, organisation of transport, consistency in the input of the various disciplines, communication with users and carers in in-patient care, complaints and the facility to have care workers in the home. The article describes the steps taken in preparing for and carrying out the discussions, and the way in which the standards were revised.
Need for a framework confirmed
- Author:
- WINCHESTER Ruth
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 14.10.99, 1999, pp.10-11.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Reports on GP's groaning mental health caseload, an unexpectedly heavy use of ECT and allegations of racism in the admissions system and welcomes the long awaited framework for mental health.
Ethnicity: an agenda for mental health
- Editors:
- BHUGRA Dinesh, VEENA Bahl
- Publishers:
- Gaskell, Royal College of Psychiatrists
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 202p.,tables,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- London
Sets the scene for identifying and meeting the mental health needs of black and minority ethnic people. Includes chapters on: ethnicity; a national perspective on mental illness; cultural aspects of mental disorder in primary care; pathways into care; epidemiological factors in research with ethnic minorities; risk factors for psychosis in the UK African-Caribbean population; common mental disorders among African-Caribbean general practice attenders in Brixton, London; ethnicity and alcohol misuse; child psychiatry; cross cultural approaches to dementia and depression in older adults; suicide; postnatal depression in Japanese women who have given birth in England; forensic psychiatry; joint working; user views of mental health services; NHS services for black patients; alternatives to institutional psychiatry; and the role of general practitioners.