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Promoting health with elderly people
Author(s)Claire Quantock
Journal titleNursing Standard, vol 8, no 25, 16 March 1994
Pagespp 30-33
KeywordsHealth [elderly] ; Preventative medicine ; Out-patients ; Geriatric out-patients clinics ; Social surveys.
AnnotationOutpatient departments provide a valuable opportunity to give older people education and information about health promotion. A study of 23 patients showed that they spent long periods waiting in outpatient departments, time which they felt could be used profitably for health promotion. The older patients in the sample had less knowledge about their health than younger patients, requesting information on functional aspects of health and services available to them in the community. It is recommended that health promotion should be incorporated into planned care in outpatient clinics, and that staff need to undergo further training to fulfil this role.
Accession NumberCPA-980109208 A
ClassmarkCC: LK2: LFB: L6G: 3F *

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