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| Placements in psychiatric institutions, nursing homes and homes for the elderly by Belgian general practitioners | | Author(s) | D Devroey, V van Casteren, J de Lepeleire |
| Journal title | Aging & Mental Health, vol 6, no 3, August 2002 |
| Pages | pp 286-292 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | General practice ; Psychogeriatric units ; Admission ; Admission [nursing homes] ; Admission [care homes] ; Belgium. |
| Annotation | An epidemiological study of long-term care facility admissions to various types of institutions during 1994 in Belgium is reported. Data were obtained from a network of 143 general practitioners (GPs), who gathered information on: type of institution in which the patient was placed; medical conditions; current living situation; reasons for institutionalisation; length of waiting time; and whether or not the patients was in hospital prior to institutionalisation. The overall institutionalisation for older people in Belgium was 1%. The most common medical conditions on placement were functional impairments and dementia. More than half of the patients lived alone, and family members made most of the requests for placement. Admissions to mental institutions were more likely to be "urgent"; waiting times for admission to these institutions were shorter. More than half of all placements were preceded by an admission to hospital. Few placements (16%) were made with the consultation of home care services. Finally, in about two-thirds of cases, patients were cared for by the GP while they were institutionalised. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-020919215 A |
| Classmark | L5: LDM: QKH: LHB:QKH: KW:QKH: 76E |
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