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Standards for mental health services for older people; the health advisory service 2000
- Authors:
- FINCH Jenny, ORRELL Martin
- Publisher:
- Pavilion Publishing
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 48p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Brighton
Describes the standards of the Health Advisory Service for mental health services for older people, which underpin the work of the organisation as it carries out its remit of evaluating, inspecting and advising services. Standards are presented in simple list form to give the reader an understanding of their breadth and content, and there is a brief description of how the standards were developed. Contents include: what the HAS 2000 is, and what it does; development of the standards; the standards and criteria.
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.