Behavioural disabilities in psychogeriatric patients and residents of old people's homes.

Publisher Website
Google Scholar
Abstract
A comparison was made of the behavioral disabilities 2 groups of elderly, institutionalized people, one in pychogeriatric hospital wards and the other in residential homes. Despite considerable overlap, there is evidence of significantly greater disability in the hospital population, particularly as regards incontinence, confusion, communication difficulties and need for supervision. Comparison with previous data suggests that there is an increasing number of elderly people with such problems in the care of social service departments. This trend, if supported and continued, is likely to reduce further the distinction between old people in hospitals and those in social services homes, with important implications for future planning of the care and management of the elderly.

This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit: