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High quality long-term care for elderly people: guidelines and audit measures
- Authors:
- ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS, BRITISH GERIATRICS SOCIETY
- Publisher:
- Royal College of Physicians
- Publication year:
- 1992
- Pagination:
- 48p.,tables,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- London
Report from a workshop. Considers some of the fundamental issues that determine the quality of long-term care and provides guidelines for good practice. Describes the Royal College of Physicians Care Package, a set of questions for care audits.
A caring home: improving quality and standards of care in homes and hospitals for the elderly; a conference report
- Author:
- BRITISH GERIATRICS SOCIETY
- Publisher:
- British Geriatrics Society
- Publication year:
- 1990
- Pagination:
- 19p., tables, bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- London
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Enhancing the health of older people in long-term care: clinical guidelines
- Authors:
- ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS. Research Unit, BRITISH GERIATRICS SOCIETY, ROYAL SURGICAL AID SOCIETY-AGECARE
- Publisher:
- Royal College of Physicians
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 76p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Report containing clinical guidelines for enhancing the quality of health care for older people in long term care. These tackle common clinical challenges that have a link to quality of life. Includes sections on: dementia; depression; disability; preserving autonomy; promoting urinary continence; promoting faecal continence; optimising medication; preventing and managing falls; and preventing and managing pressure sores.