Quality in Ageing and Older Adults: Volume 9 Issue 3
Promoting excellence in services through research, policy and practice
Table of contents
Intermediate care: what are service users' experiences of rehabilitation?
Jane Benten, Nicola SpaldingThe Department of Health's introduction of intermediate care recognised the need for rehabilitation following acute hospital care. The importance of rehabilitation was also…
Where will we live when we get older?
Tricia McLaughlin, Anthony MillsAgeing populations, although exhibiting marked differences across countries and cultures, are a global phenomenon. Old‐age dependency ratios in most developed countries are…
Family relationship quality after admission to a long‐term facility
Lori WeeksThis research examined how moving to a residential care home, a specific form of long‐term care facility, influences the quality of the relationship between seniors and their…
Copying letters to older people in mental health services ‐ policy with unfulfilled potential
Michael Clark, Susan Benbow, Vanessa Scott, Neil Moreland, David JolleyThe important initiative from the Department of Health (Working Group on Copying Letters to Patients, 2002) to require that letters between clinicians should be copied to the…
Screening for dementia in primary care: how is it measuring up?
Alison Culverwell, Alisoun Milne, Reinhard Guss, Jackie TuppenDespite evidence that early identification of dementia is of growing policy and practice significance in the UK, limited work has been done on evaluating screening measures for…
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- Prof Fiona Poland