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Care home placement
— can admission direct from acute hospital be justified? | | Author(s) | Kay Hoare |
| Journal title | Nursing Older People, vol 16, no 6, September 2004 |
| Pages | pp 14-17 |
| Source | http://www.nursingolderpeople.co.uk |
| Keywords | Discharge [hospitals] ; Admission [care homes] ; Rehabilitation ; Literature reviews. |
| Annotation | Does assessment in acute settings lead to premature care home admission for older people? The author examines the evidence, and argues that older people should be offered the opportunity to achieve their full rehabilitation potential before long-term care decisions are made. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-041029204 A |
| Classmark | LD:QKJ: KW:QKH: LM: 64A |
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