The rationale of patient allocation for psychogeriatric assessment | Zendy

Handy S. | Zendy; Chithiramohan R. N. | Zendy; Ballard C. G. | Zendy; Bannister C. | Zendy; Rusca R. | Zendy

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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

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.

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