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The rationale of patient allocation for psychogeriatric assessment
Author(s) -
Handy S.,
Chithiramohan R. N.,
Ballard C. G.,
Bannister C.,
Rusca R.
Publication year - 1991
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/gps.930060410
Subject(s) - irritability , dementia , medicine , geriatric psychiatry , dependency (uml) , psychiatry , gerontology , psychology , disease , anxiety , systems engineering , engineering , pathology
Abstract Our review of 100 patients using the Camdex and Crichton assessment schedules shows that the severity of illness and degree of dependency are similar in day hospital and impatient assessment groups. The main predictors of allocation for inpatient assessment and eventual placement in long‐stay geriatric wards were restlessness, irritability, the need for assistance with self‐care and physical illness. More planning and resourcess need to be mobilized in the assessment of dementia patients and the treatment of problem behaviours.