Centre for Policy on Ageing



Mental health services for older people — the next decade
Author(s)	Mark Jones
Journal title	Health Summary, vol XIX, no 2, February 2002
Pages	pp 9-13
Keywords	Mental disorder ; Management [care] ; Psychiatric treatment ; Social policy.
Annotation	The historical context of old age psychology and its relationship to psychiatry and medicine in general brings in religious and cultural ideas and their values. Specialist mental health services for older people have existed for more than 20 years. Since the 1990s, though, shifts in policy have led to fragmentation of service components. Solutions to balancing patients' rights and public safety need to be reassuring and to offer continuity of care. In this context, the Mental Health National Service Framework (NSF) is to be welcomed. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-020321216 A
Classmark	E: QA: LP: TM2
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