MEDICAL ASSESSMENT OF ELDERLY PERSONS PRIOR TO A MOVE TO RESIDENTIAL CARE: A REVIEW OF SEVEN YEARS' EXPERIENCE IN EDINBURGH
- 1 January 1987
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Age and Ageing
- Vol. 16 (1) , 10-12
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/16.1.10
Abstract
Assessment prior to a move to residential care has been carried out by the Departments of Geriatric Medicine in the Lothian Region for many years. Results have been reviewed over 7 years in one Department; 688 people were assessed; 7% were placed in alternative accommodation as a result of the assessment and a further 15% were offered specialist advice. The workload was 50 assessments per 10 000 population over 65 years per year. Of these, 58% were already known to the geriatrician and 23% were seen as part of the normal work of the department. It was concluded that the benefits of assessment make the extra work involved well worth while.Keywords
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