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Community mental health teams
 — can they leaven the load of older adult psychiatry of care homes?
Author(s)Eamon Fottrell
Journal titleGeriatric Medicine, vol 37, no 2, February 2007
Pagespp 35-42
KeywordsPsychiatric treatment ; Coordination ; Care homes ; Nursing homes.
AnnotationThe Commission for Social Care Inspection (CSCI) is to publish a consultation document to the effect that hotel-style ratings will be given to care homes for older people from April 2007. The author of this article thinks this change in promising. He illustrates by example how older people with psychiatric problems and their carers can benefit through the involvement of community mental health teams, and challenges general practitioners (GPs) to become actively involved with such patients living residential and nursing care. (RH).
Accession NumberCPA-070503218 A
ClassmarkLP: QAJ: KW: LHB

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