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Developing inclusive mental health services for older people
- Author:
- BOWERS Helen
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Review, 6(2), June 2001, pp.6-13.
- Publisher:
- Pier Professional
Discusses the need for specific mental health services for older people, and the obstacles to the recognition of mental health problems in older people. Also looks at recent policy developments, including the National Service Framework for Older people. Finally, provides an overview of the current issues and challenges.
Improving mental health services for older people
- Authors:
- HALL John, WALDOCK Helen, HARVEY Chris
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Review, 11(4), December 2006, pp.7-13.
- Publisher:
- Pier Professional
The authors look at government policy development and practice guidance in the area of mental health services for older people. They then discuss the reasons for the variable implementation of policy and practice guidance within services.
Gross neglect
- Author:
- GLASSMAN Julie
- Journal article citation:
- Care and Health Magazine, 8.6.04, 2004, pp.14-16.
- Publisher:
- Care and Health
Ask why older people are often the last to be considered for mental health services. Looks at the lack of priority given to this issue in the National Service Frameworks.
Old age mental health services in England: implementing the National Service Framework for Older People
- Authors:
- TUCKER Sue, et al
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 22(3), March 2007, pp.211-217.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
There is much variation in the services provided for older people with mental health problems. In England, the National Service Framework for Older People (NSFOP) sought to address these inconsistencies and improve care. This study describes the situation three years after its publication. A postal survey of old age psychiatrists collected data on the NSFOP mental health model: the range of specialist mental health provision, the nature of the specialist: generic service interface and the degree of interdisciplinary/interagency working. Three hundred and eighteen (72%) consultants responded. Considerable differences existed in the deployment of key professionals within community teams, with more than a third lacking ring-fenced social work time. Few services had dedicated rehabilitation beds and nearly a third lacked separate facilities for people with organic and functional illnesses. Increasing numbers of consultants had access to a memory clinic and there was some suggestion that liaison services were developing, but little indication of increased support for care homes. Several services had yet to agree protocols with primary care, or to implement measures promoting effective information-sharing and integrated care, and there was little evidence that the introduction of the Single Assessment Process (SAP) had significantly changed practice. Although just over half of consultants reported that mental health services were improving, less than a quarter considered community provision adequate. Three years after the publication of the NSFOP there remained significant gaps in services for older people with mental health problems and substantial variation in provision between districts.
For better or worse?
- Author:
- CARLISE Daloni
- Journal article citation:
- Health Service Journal, 20.6.02, 2002, p.40.
- Publisher:
- Emap Healthcare
Discusses whether the framework for mental health has created a scramble to meet targets rather than users' needs.
Forget me not: mental health services for older people
- Authors:
- BENBOW Susan M., LENNON Sean P.
- Journal article citation:
- Psychiatric Bulletin, 24(11), November 2000, pp.403-404.
- Publisher:
- Royal College of Psychiatrists
The exclusion of services for older people from the Mental Health National Service Framework and the delays in publication of the National Service Framework for the elderly have caused many old age psychiatrists to be concerned. The recent Audit Commission report, entitled 'Forget Me Not: Mental Health Services for Older People', gives us much encouragement that the needs of older adults have not been forgotten.
Evidence-based practices in mental health care
- Editors:
- DRAKE Robert, GOLDMAN Howard
- Publisher:
- American Psychiatric Association
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 115p.,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- Arlington, VA
Reprinted articles from the American Psychiatric Association: implementing evidence-based practices (EBP) in routine mental health service settings; EBP for persons with severe mental illnesses; strategies for disseminating EBP to staff who treat people with serious mental illness; integrating EBP and the recovery model; supported employment as an EBP; dual diagnosis services for clients with severe mental illness; moving assertive community treatment Into standard practice. EBP for services to families of people with psychiatric disabilities; a focus on guidelines and algorithms.; EBP in child and adolescent services and in geriatric mental health care
National programme for improving mental health and well-being: action plan 2003-2006
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Executive
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive,|Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 17p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
The four key aims for National Programme action during 2003-2006 are: raising awareness and promoting mental health and well-being; eliminating stigma and discrimination; preventing suicide; and promoting and supporting recovery. The National Programme aims to work with and through others to achieve these key aims in the following priority areas: improving infant mental health (the early years); improving the mental health of children and young people; improving mental health and well-being in employment and working life ; improving mental health and well-being in later life; improving community mental health and well-being; and improving the ability of public services to act in support of the promotion of mental health and the prevention of mental illness
National service frameworks: a practical aid to implementation in primary care; funding streams
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 2p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The following funds have been announced directly to support the NSFs: chronic heart disease, cancer, mental health, and older people.
Intermediate care: moving forward; national service framework for older people supporting implementation
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 42p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This report argues that intermediate care, a range of services to promote faster recovery from illness, prevent faster recovery from illness, reduce hospital admissions and to maximise independence, is vital to improve the health and well being of older people. The national service framework for older people is a ten year programme of action linking services to support independence and promote good health, specialised services for key conditions, and culture change so that all older people and their carers are always treated with respect, dignity and fairness. The overall aim is to ensure consistent services across the country and reduce variations in standards and service levels.