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Intermediate care - a challenge to speciality of geriatric medicine or its renaissance?
Author(s)Douglas MacMahon
Journal titleAge and Ageing, vol 30, Supplement 3, August 2001
Pagespp 19-23
KeywordsRehabilitation ; Aftercare.
Annotation"Intermediate care" is a recent development in geriatric medicine, and can encompass a wide range of practices in various settings. Although minimising the duration of hospital stays for older people should be favoured, there is a real risk of intermediate care being used as a euphemism for indeterminate neglect. For older people to benefit from appropriate treatment and care, the lessons learnt by previous generations of geriatricians and supported by the international evidence base should not be ignored. Older people need a full multi-disciplinary assessment (comprehensive geriatric assessment) and continued involvement of skilled and trained personnel in their continuing care (geriatric evaluation and management). The British Geriatrics Society (BGS) recommendations on intermediate care are commended, and should be adhered to by all planners and providers of intermediate care. (RH).
Accession NumberCPA-010907214 A
ClassmarkLM: LN

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