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Enhancing family inclusive practice on an acute inpatient ward
— the Family Liaison Service | | Author(s) | Ariane Zegarra |
| Journal title | Faculty for the Psychology of Older People (FPOP) Newsletter, no 131, July 2015 |
| Publisher | British Psychological Society, July 2015 |
| Pages | pp 51-55 |
| Source | www.bps.org.uk |
| Keywords | Geriatric units ; In-patients ; Liaison ; The Family ; Informal care ; Standards of provision. |
| Annotation | National policies for mental health increasingly recognise the needs of families and carers, and advocate for their centrality to service provision. This is the case particularly in relation to older adult services, where a culture of partnership at clinical, research and service development levels is envisioned. Family members' needs and centrality during recovery come to the foreground on acute inpatient wards, yet in practice, working in partnership presents particular challenges in these settings. In this article, the author shares the process, experience and learning from an initiative to enhance family inclusive practice on an older adult acute inpatient ward: the Family Liaison Service. She focuses on learning about how the "task" of inpatient admission is reconstructed, and outlines further research and service developments which followed the Family Liaison Service. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-150731221 A |
| Classmark | LDB: LF7: QAK: SJ: P6: 583 |
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