Improving mental health care for older people within a general hospital in the UK

Nursing and Health Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 293-300

  Harrison, Anthony ^a,b,d   Brandling, Janet ^c  

^a AVON AND WILTSHIRE MENTAL HEALTH PARTNERSHIP NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL UNITED HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Action research; Grounded theory; Older people

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COPING BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL FACTOR; ELDERLY CARE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM; AGE; AGED; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NURSING; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; CULTURE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 69249099746     PISSN: 14410745     EISSN: 14422018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2018.2009.00462.x     Document Type: Article

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