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"You can take him home now"
 — carers' experiences of hospital discharge
Author(s)Emily Holzhausen
Corporate AuthorCarers National Association - CNA
PublisherCarers National Association - CNA, London, 2001
Pagesunnumbered (Carers Health Matters)
SourceCNA, 20-25 Glasshouse Yard, London EC1A 4JT.
KeywordsDischarge [hospitals] ; Informal care ; Attitude ; Social surveys.
AnnotationNew and proposed UK legislation will affect the way in which health and social care services support carers. This study revisits part of an earlier piece of research, "Ignored and invisible", carried out for the Association by Melanie Henwood in 1998. Its purpose is to: examine whether good practice is being followed in terms of informing, supporting and valuing carers at the point of hospital discharge; examine whether carers' experiences of hospital discharge have changed since 1998; seek carers' views about what needs to change in order to improve their experiences of hospital discharge; and inform the implementation of policy and practice under the action plans for the National Health Service (NHS) in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. (RH).
Accession NumberCPA-010717224 P
ClassmarkLD:QKJ: P6: DP: 3F *

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