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The NHS and Community Care Act 1990
— impact on the discharge profile of patients with dementia | | Author(s) | Indra I Angunawela, Andrew Barker, Simon D Nicholson |
| Journal title | Psychiatric Bulletin, vol 24, no 5, May 2000 |
| Pages | pp 177-178 |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Discharged patients ; Admission [nursing homes] ; Living in the community ; Community care ; Law ; Research Reviews. |
| Annotation | The NHS and Community Care Act 1990 came into force in April 1993. The discharge of dementia in-patients from assessment wards was examined for the five months before and 41 months after, to ascertain the Act's impact in this regard. The proportion of patients discharged to their own homes and to residential or nursing home care remained unaffected by the Act. Duration of hospital stay increased after the Act in 1993 and 1996, largely due to delays in placement into care homes. Placement delay increased in both 1993 and 1996, but by 1996 the difference was no longer statistically significant. Duration of hospital stay was unaffected by the Act for those patients discharged to their own homes. The new care management process by social services was found to be associated with delayed discharges for people with dementia who required residential or nursing home placements, thus causing pressure on beds and higher in-patient costs. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-000517001 A |
| Classmark | EA: LFD: LHB:QKH: K4: PA: VR: 3A:6KC |
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