The appropriate and safe use of drugs by the elderly requires special knowledge and skills if the benefits of treatment are to outweigh the risks. This review of published reports covers the use and misuse of drugs by the elderly, drug therapy in elderly patients and prescribing for the elderly. ...
This study day arose from the D.H.S.S. study of the same name published in 1981 and was concerned with the policy implications of the D.H.S.S. document. An overview of the 'Respective Roles' study was given before discussing "models" of geriatric care with their advantages and disadvantages, and opportunities for mutual ...
The conference aimed to introduce members of London district health authorities to the particular problems of providing services for elderly people within London, following reorganisation of the NHS in April 1982. Quality of provision for old people, both in the community and in hospitals in London contrasted greatly with the ...
This series of study days was organised by the King's Fund Centre with help and advice from the DHSS and the Centre for Policy on Ageing. It provided an opportunity for members of staff who are responsible for the inspection and registration of homes and the officers in charge of ...
During the period 1975-1979, a project "Care of the elderly" was undertaken, with support from the King's Fund, by members of Devon's social services department, Exeter health care district and the Institute of Biometry and Community Medicine, University of Exeter. The overall purpose of the project was to promote the ...
This report is a summary of the final conferences on the care of elderly people based on a study of Danish experience in the field. The subjects for discussion were housing, the need for flexibility in care and the identification of good practices. Four syndicate groups discussed specific topics, keeping ...
A service for the elderly mentally ill was started at St Francis' Hospital, Haywards Heath, in 1967. This collection of papers has been published following a grant from the King's Fund. The report gives some account of what has happened since the establishment of the service, the type of services ...
This is the fourth in the series of do-it-yourself surveys of hospitals published by the King's Fund. The report describes the views of elderly people who are likely to spend the rest of their lives in hospital, together with the views of their visitors and the hospital staff. The survey ...
The conference was convened by the King's Fund and the Association of General Practitioner Hospitals, to promote discussion and debate on the place that English and Welsh general practitioner hospitals have in the provision of care for the elderly. Topics under discussion included the provision of co-ordinated community geriatric care ...
In June 1978, a small multi-disciplinary group consisting of two doctors, a nurse and a social worker spent a week in Denmark studying the Danish approach to care of the elderly. The conference was held to examine the Danish experience of long-term care for the elderly. Discussion focussed on what ...