The coming of age of a joint elderly medicine-psychiatric ward: 18 Years' experience

International Journal of Clinical Practice

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 148-151

  Hanna, S J ^a   Woolley, R ^a   Brown, L ^a   Kesavan, S ^a  

^a YORK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHEST INFECTION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DELIRIUM; DEPRESSION; FALLING; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LONG TERM CARE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; MORTALITY; PARANOIA; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENTS' ROOMS; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL;

EID: 37349029326     PISSN: 13685031     EISSN: 17421241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-1241.2007.01504.x     Document Type: Article

References (6)

1. Who Cares Wins. Improving the Outcome for Older People Admitted to the General Hospital. London : The Royal College of Psychiatrists, 2005.
2. Counsell SR, Holder CM, Liebenauer LL et al. Effects of a multicomponent intervention on functional outcomes and process of care in hospitalized older patients: a randomized controlled trial of Acute Care for Elders (ACE) in a community hospital. J Am Geriatr Soc 2000 48 : 1572 81.
3. Covinsky KE, Palmer RM, Kresevic DM et al. Improving functional outcomes in older patients: lessons from an acute care for elders unit. Jt Comm J Qual Improv 1998 24 : 63 76.
4. Palmer RM, Landefeld CS, Kresevic D. A medical unit for the acute care of the elderly. J Am Geriatr Soc 1994 42 : 545 52.
5. Inouye SK, Bogardus ST Jr., Baker DI et al. The Hospital Elder Life Program: a model of care to prevent cognitive and functional decline in older hospitalised patients. J Am Geriatr Soc 2000 48 : 1728 9.
6. Pitt B, Silver CP. The combined approach to geriatrics and psychiatry: evaluation of a joint unit in a teaching hospital district. Age Ageing 1980 9 : 33 37.