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PARTNERSHIP NURSING HOME CARE FOR DEMENTIA: THE GLASGOW EXPERIENCE—ONE‐YEAR FOLLOW‐UP
Author(s) -
LYONS DONALD,
COHEN MARK,
HENDERSON TOM,
WALKER NICK
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
international journal of geriatric psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.28
H-Index - 129
eISSN - 1099-1166
pISSN - 0885-6230
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1099-1166(199707)12:7<765::aid-gps637>3.0.co;2-7
Subject(s) - general partnership , dementia , medicine , nursing homes , nursing , hospital care , population , health care , family medicine , gerontology , disease , environmental health , finance , economics , economic growth
The outcome of the transfer of 60 elderly patients suffering from dementia from hospital to nursing home care under a partnership contract was reviewed at 6 and 12 months following transfer. The nursing home population had fared badly compared with patients remaining in hospital during the first 3 months. This difference was less evident at 6 months follow‐up and had disappeared at 12 months follow‐up. It seems that a partnership agreement such as this can deliver a quality of health care at least as good as hospital treatment as long as the transfer is handled carefully. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.