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Reconfiguration of acute services
— elderly care | | Author(s) | Graham Mulley |
| Journal title | BGS Newsletter, issue 10, March 2007 |
| Publisher | British Geriatrics Society - BGS, March 2007 |
| Pages | pp 9-12 |
| Source | http://www.bgsnet.org.uk |
| Keywords | Hospital services ; Medical care ; Management [care]. |
| Annotation | In the last fifty years, there has been a remarkable evolution in the assessment and management of sick and disabled older people in the UK. While having more elderly care wards in general hospitals has brought many benefits to older people, staff and geriatric medicine, this article notes a few assertions that should not go unnoticed or accepted uncritically. The author comments on six assertions: many admissions of older people to hospital could be avoided; older people prefer treatment nearer to home; older people should be discharged as quickly as possible; and geriatric care is easy and can be practised by people with relatively little training. However, given the move towards fewer hospitals and treating more people at home or in other non-hospital settings, how can we ensure that older people receive safe and effective high quality medical care? The author discusses the following options: specialist centres; Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA); improved hospital facilities; more geriatricians working outside hospitals; enhancing the role of care homes and community hospitals; and use of guidelines by GPs, community nurses and therapists. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-070510221 A |
| Classmark | LD: LK: QA |
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