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| An overview of behaviour difficulties found in long-term elderly care settings | | Author(s) | Graham Alan Jackson, Gavin James Templeton, Jennifer Whyte |
| Journal title | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 14, no 6, June 1999 |
| Pages | pp 426-430 |
| Keywords | Behaviour disorders ; Nursing homes ; Geriatric hospitals ; Long term ; Comparison ; Glasgow. |
| Annotation | Behaviour difficulties in long-term care settings present major problems in the care of people with dementia, and account for almost half of psychiatric referrals from nursing homes. In this Glasgow-based research, the authors hypothesised that there would be significantly higher prevalence of behaviour difficulties with NHS long-term care facilities compared to nursing homes, with a much lower prevalence in residential establishments. A random sample of 65 NHS patients, 125 nursing home patients and 125 residential care patients was considered as being representative; however, five nursing homes refused to take part, compared to no refusals from NHS and residential sectors. NHS and nursing home long-term care facilities showed similar behaviour difficulties, with nursing homes experiencing more behaviour manifestations in most cases. Nursing homes have limited formal psychiatric interventions compared to NHS settings, and thus result in increased work for general practitioners (GPs) and increased hospital referrals. Residential homes have behaviour difficulties to a lesser extent. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-990825266 A |
| Classmark | EP: LHB: LDA: 4Q: 48: 9WC |
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