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Out of sight out of mind
— [intermediate care for those with dementia] | | Author(s) | Chris Sherratt, Sue Younger-Ross |
| Journal title | Community Care, no 1520, 29 April 2004 |
| Pages | pp 40-41 |
| Source | http://www.communitycare.co.uk |
| Keywords | Mental disorder ; Dementia ; Needs [elderly] ; Rehabilitation. |
| Annotation | Intermediate care promotes rehabilitation, helps to reduce the numbers of people waiting to be discharged from hospital, and therefore frees up hospital beds and helps people to stay in their own homes. However, many older people with mental health problems, especially dementia, continue to wait for discharge from hospital and have limited access to intermediate care. The authors outline the findings of a 2002 report by the Nuffield Institute for Health, "Exclusivity or exclusion? Meeting mental health needs in intermediate care", which explains why this may be so. However, the Department of Health (DH) Change Agent Team has been looking at access for people with dementia to intermediate care, while Blackburn with Darwen is working with Dementia Voice to produce a care template. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-040528204 A |
| Classmark | E: EA: IK: LM * |
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