in a bid to end the fragmented and often frustrating procedures for getting home-helps and support in the community.Charities have repeatedly highlighted cases where older people are refused treatment on the NHS on the grounds of age.The NSF has eight standards for which there will be national ...
Governments alone have the mandate to formulate a national care strategy. And the move to personalised care for the elderly may require such intervention, especially in countries with market-oriented or hybrid healthcare systems. Where subsystems of competing payers exist, there is more fragmentation...
A SERIES of NHS "super-trusts" are to take over social care ofthe elderly from local councils...By WaughPaul
In describing life for elderly mentally ill people in a long-stay psychiatric ward it is not the intention to suggest that this is the most appropriate place for these patients to end their days. While these wards exist, it is important that efforts cont
R. Moliver, were both presented at the 1998 Health Care Conference, held at the University of Warwick. These papers are available in the Faculty and the Institute Libraries.(4) The Elderly and Continuing Care, by Dr R. G. Smith, Chairman of the Geriatricians Committee of the Royal ...
Problems linked to community care of the elderly subsequent to recent NHS changes are reviewed in an inner city London area. Concern remains that financial... E Ferlie 被引量: 0发表: 1986年 Living with dementia: Community care of the elderly mentally infirm: C. J. Gilleard. Croom Helm Ltd...
This chapter considers two aspects of standard setting: the content and nature of standards and the process of monitoring them. Both are problematic. Concern about standards of care for elderly patients in institutions rightly persist, shared by leaders of NHS professional groups: " ... while ther...
The article cites the issue that neither Medicare nor Medigap cover most costs of long-term care for elderly in the U.S. It is pointed out that Medicare an... S Randby - 《Westchester County Business Journal》 被引量: 1发表: 2007年 "Naloxone? Not for me!" First cross-assessment by...
Abstract Objectives: To assess the quality of care given to elderly people and compare the care given to residents in nursing homes with those living in their own homes. Design: Controlled observational study. Setting: Primary care, Bristol. Subjects: Elderly individuals (aged ≥65 years) register...
Carers' reflections on nursing home and NHS long-stay care for elderly patients The aim of this study was to compare the perceptions of carers of elderly long-stay care patients who are now in nursing homes in three health districts in... L.,D.,MacDonald,... - 《Health & Social Care...