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Provision of care for older people with co-morbid mental illness in general hospitals
— general nurses' perceptions of their training needs | | Author(s) | Kris Atkin, John Holmes, Carol Martin |
| Journal title | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 20, no 11, November 2005 |
| Pages | pp 1081-1083 |
| Source | http://www.interscience.wiley.com |
| Keywords | Mental disorder ; Nursing ; General hospitals ; Nurses ; Attitude ; Training [welfare work] ; Qualitative Studies. |
| Annotation | There are high levels of co-morbid mental illness among older people in general hospitals. This study explored the training needs of general nurses to care for this group. Three focus groups were held with 19 qualified nurses with an acute hospital trust. The focus groups were analysed using framework analysis. Nurses wanted training, but did not believe that training alone was sufficient to improve care, expressing that more integrated working between acute and mental health services was also needed. Liaison mental health services provide a way of delivering both training and a more integrated service. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-060106210 A |
| Classmark | E: LQ: LD3: QTE: DP: QW: 3DP |
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