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Nurse-led implementation of the single assessment process in primary care
— a descriptive feasibility study |
| Author(s) | Helen C Roberts, Zoe M Hemsley, Gwen Thomas |
| Journal title | Age and Ageing, vol 35, no 4, July 2006 |
| Pages | pp 394-398 |
| Source | http://www.ageing.oxfordjournals.org |
| Keywords | Needs [elderly] ; Evaluation ; Social Services Departments ; Health services ; Interaction [welfare services] ; Nurses ; General practice ; Evaluation ; Pilot ; Southampton. |
| Annotation | The objective of this study was to determine the resources required to carry out the single assessment process (SAP) in one urban primary care practice, in Southampton. The participants were 944 people aged 70+ years, registered with the practice, not living in residential/nursing home or terminally ill. Participants were sent the six-item Sherbrooke questionnaire (case-finding tool); 863 (91%) of participants replied. From such results as detailed, it was concluded that targeting those scoring 3+ on the Sherbrooke questionnaire (28% of the sample) may improve the identification of patients who would benefit from further assessment. A contact approach rather than a case-finding one may improve the relevance of this process to older people. (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-060825204 A |
| Classmark | IK: 4C: PF: L: QK6: QTE: L5: 4C: 4UC: 8HH |
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