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The evolution of the Leeds Care Homes Service
— from nurse-led team to MDT |
| Author(s) | Emily Hallworth, Phillip Heffer-Rahn, Kathryn Atkins |
| Journal title | Faculty for the Psychology of Older People (FPOP) Newsletter, no 126, April 2014 |
| Publisher | British Psychological Society, April 2014 |
| Pages | pp 34-43 |
| Source | www.bps.org.uk |
| Keywords | Psychiatric nurses ; Coordination ; Care homes ; Multi disciplinary ; Pilot ; Leeds. |
| Annotation | Since its inception, the Leeds Care Homes Service has consisted of community mental health nurses working as lone practitioners in three care home sectors across the city. In 2001, a pilot multidisciplinary team (MDT) was introduced with a specific remit: to reduce antipsychotic prescriptions for people with dementia, by working intensively with a small number of care homes using an MDT approach. This article describes the results of the pilot project, followed by subsequent developments within the Care Homes Service. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-150529201 A |
| Classmark | QTK: QAJ: KW: 3DM: 4UC: 88B |
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