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| Mental health assessment for older people | | Author(s) | Madeline Armstrong |
| Journal title | Elderly Care, vol 10, no 4, August/September 1998 |
| Pages | pp 41-42 |
| Keywords | Mental disorder ; Dementia ; Personal relationships ; Psychiatric nurses ; Evaluation. |
| Annotation | This article is an edited version of the author's winning entry in a competition on assessment run by the RCN (Royal College of Nursing) Forum for Mental Health and Older People. Madeline Armstrong describes the importance of forming a therapeutic interpersonal relationship with the patient and the carer at the assessment stage, as this underpins future care. Whilst using this approach for assessment can be very time-consuming, the benefit is that it is comprehensive, and once all the facts have been recorded, they are available for future reference. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-980818008 A |
| Classmark | E: EA: DS: QTK: 4C |
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