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| Collaboration, facilities and communities in day care services for older people | | Author(s) | Sarah Burch, Colin Borland |
| Journal title | Health & Social Care in the Community, vol 9, no 1, January 2001 |
| Pages | pp 19-30 |
| Keywords | Day services ; Day hospitals ; Rehabilitation ; Coordination ; Interaction [welfare services] ; Evaluation. |
| Annotation | Outcomes of rehabilitation for 105 older patients (mean age 80.5) were compared for a day hospital and a social services day centre supplemented by visiting therapists. This article examines whether trial patients were more disabled than regular day centre attendees. Key staff from each setting were also interviewed to assess how well the day care model worked in practice. Trial patients were significantly more disabled than regular day centre attendees according to the Barthel Index, but this difference was no longer significant after 3 months of treatment. The day centre model had several problems: discharge policy, acceptability, facilities, and attitudes of staff and regular attendees. Positive aspects of the day centre model were successful rehabilitation, and shared skills, knowledge and resources. The paper suggests that collaborative working in day centres requires multipurpose facilities. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-010320204 A |
| Classmark | NM: LDD: LM: QAJ: QK6: 4C |
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