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Assessment of older people in the community: lessons from Britain's "75 and over checks"
Author(s)S Iliffe, M Gould, P Wallace
Journal titleReviews in Clinical Gerontology, vol 9, no 4, November 1999
Pagespp 305-316
AnnotationSince 1990 there has been in place in Britain, a nationwide health assessment programme for older people, as a contractual obligation for general practitioners. This programme, the first in the world, remains in force but is widely ignored. This paper describes: a) the development of general practice-based approaches to the health of older people up to 1990; b) the screening programme introduced in 1990 and its consequences, including findings from the NHS Executive's evaluation of 1995/96; and, c) the evidence about assessment of older people in the community that has emerged since 1990, and opportunities for the future development of primary care-based health assessment for older people. (KJ).
Accession NumberCPA-000522232 A

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