This paper was partly derived from the proceedings of a conference on Acute Care at Home, held in the King's Fund Centre in June 1989. The report states that Hospital at Home (HAH) services should be made available throughout the country. It shows that many patients prefer the provision of ...
Between 1980 and the end of the century it is estimated there will be a 30 per cent increase in people suffering from dementia, but no equivalent budget growth to maintain current per capita levels of service provision. This project explores the limits of community or domiciliary care for dementia-sufferers, ...
This paper aims to present two main types of information. Firstly, it aims to identify the various factors - demographic, economic and ideological - which have come together to create an unprecedented crisis for those involved in the provision of health and social services to the elderly population. Secondly, it ...
Under the terms of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970, social services departments are required to help with the provision of aids to daily living for disabled persons discharged from hospital, and with adaptations to their homes. The study aims to establish the extent to which social services ...
The purpose of this publication is to illustrate some of the good ideas and practices that have already been introduced, or are being planned, in the provision of services for elderly people in hospital, community and the home, with particular reference to psychogeriatric care. It does not attempt to provide ...
Every individual's needs are different, but well-planned and good quality services can offer support & `share the care' of people who cannot manage alone at home. This leaflet provides a clear statement of what needs to be done, so that carers - and the people they care for - can ...