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Rehabilitation in the Community: the Role of Day Hospitals and Day Therapy Centres in Victoria
Author(s) -
Butler A.,
Russell H.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
australian journal on ageing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.63
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1741-6612
pISSN - 0726-4240
DOI - 10.1111/j.1741-6612.1996.tb00208.x
Subject(s) - staffing , attendance , metropolitan area , day care , unit (ring theory) , rehabilitation , day hospital , medicine , nursing , family medicine , gerontology , psychology , physical therapy , political science , mathematics education , pathology , psychiatry , law
This paper reports on a 1994 survey of day hospitals and day therapy centres in Victoria. It examines the relative availability of these types of facilities in different Aged Care Assessment Team (ACAT) regions; attendance patterns and staffing; client characteristics and outcomes; and operational issues. Particular attention is paid to the differences found in the survey between metropolitan day hospitals, regional day hospitals and day therapy centres in relation to size, client profile, length of stay and mode of operation. Alex Butler and Heather Russell are research fellows at the Aged Care Research Group, Lincoln Gerontology Centre, La Trobe University The Aged Care Research Group is the Evaluation Unit for the Aged Care Assessment Team program in Victoria.