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Adult care
— [intermediate care and rehabilitation] | | Author(s) | Sheila Peace |
| Journal title | Research Matters: a digest of research in social services, issue 16, October 2003 - April 2004 |
| Pages | pp 5-10 |
| Source | http://www.community-care.co.uk Subscriptions: (ref. 081) http://www.reedbusiness.com/products/research_matt... |
| Keywords | General practice ; Nursing homes ; Rehabilitation ; Aftercare ; Literature reviews. |
| Annotation | Who should be responsible for the rising number of older people with health needs in intermediate care, and is the standard of provision high enough? The author draws on work from two studies. Sally Jacobs' and Kirstein Rummery's article in Social Policy & Administration (December 2002) considers the capacity of nursing homes in England to provide rehabilitation and intermediate care. Tom Fahey and colleagues, in the British Medical Journal (BMJ, 15 March 2003) compare the quality of health care provided for residents in nursing homes with those living at home. Given that both studies were pessimistic in their conclusions, points for practice suggested in this article (and by both studies) include the use of intermediate care as a way of breaking down barriers between health care groups and trusts and the care homes. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-040812213 A |
| Classmark | L5: LHB: LM: LN: 64A |
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