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Frail old people at the margins of care — some recent research findings
Author(s)	David Challis, Jane Hughes
Journal title	British Journal of Psychiatry, vol 180, February 2002
Pages	pp 126-130
Keywords	Community care ; Needs [elderly] ; Evaluation ; Literature reviews.
Annotation	Community-based care at the margins is a substitute for institutional care. Three factors are considered critical: definitions of eligibility, assessment procedures, and balance of care. This selective review of research conducted after the community care reforms suggests that marked variability and inconsistency in eligibility and assessment processes may contribute to misplacement of frail older people. Greater standardisation of approaches to the determination of eligibility for social care and to assessment of needs is required. Providing care at home for some of those currently entering care homes is feasible, but will require different service structures and staff roles, including specialist clinicians. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-020219205 A
Classmark	PA: IK: 4C: 64A
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