scholarly journals Prescribing for patients attending old age psychiatry day hospitals

1996 ◽  
Vol 20 (6) ◽  
pp. 335-337
Author(s):  
Margaret M. Semple ◽  
Brian R. Ballinger ◽  
Elizabeth Irvine
Keyword(s):  
General Practitioner ◽  
Drug Treatment ◽  
Old Age ◽  
General Practitioners ◽  
Day Hospital ◽  
Old Age Psychiatry ◽  
Day Hospitals

A review of the drug treatment of 163 patients attending two old age psychiatric day hospitals showed that 29 received medication from the day hospital, 44 from general practitioners and 60 from both sources. Many of the patients' knowledge of their drug treatment was incomplete. Of those individuals interviewed, approximately equal numbers expressed a preference for day hospital and general practitioner prescriptions. The origin of the prescription did not bear any obvious relationship to subsequent admission to hospital or continued attendance at the day hospital.

scholarly journals Setting up a new old age psychiatry service

1998 ◽  
Vol 22 (5) ◽  
pp. 288-290 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Kirby ◽  
Colm Cooney
Keyword(s):  
Old Age ◽  
General Practitioners ◽  
Day Hospital ◽  
Psychiatric Disturbance ◽  
Priority List ◽  
Dementia Patients ◽  
Old Age Psychiatry

The views of general practitioners (GPs) on the priorities for a new old age psychiatry service were obtained. Most GPs identified dementia patients with behavioural or psychiatric disturbance as being the greatest priority for an old age psychiatry service. There was less consensus on the priorities for delivery of the service, but hospital-based services such as in-patient and day hospital facilities remain high on the GPs' priority list. There was a widely-based desire for results of assessments to be communicated by telephone, followed later by letter. These findings have been taken into account in the development of our new service.

scholarly journals A brief computerised discharge summary in old age psychiatry: general practitioner reactions

1990 ◽  
Vol 14 (6) ◽  
pp. 330-330 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. P. Wattis ◽  
David Protheroe
Keyword(s):  
General Practitioner ◽  
Old Age ◽  
Catchment Area ◽  
Discharge Summary ◽  
Medical Audit ◽  
Other Information ◽  
Old Age Psychiatry ◽  
Surgical Audit

In an attempt to provide data for medical audit, to standardise the information on discharge letters and to speed communication, a computerised discharge form was introduced for a catchment area of 20,000 people over 65 years. The programme, based on a surgical audit programme using DBASE II, was developed by one of us to run on an Amstrad PCW. This produced a discharge summary on a standard layout which gave the date of admission, the patient's name, date of birth and address as well as the consultant and GP's name. The patient's diagnosis (according to ICD-9), and a list of disciplines and facilities involved in follow-up preceded brief notes on history and progress. Date of discharge was followed by a list of medication and a space for ‘other information’. All this was contained on one side of A4 paper.

scholarly journals 091EVALUATING A DAY HOSPITAL SUPPORT GROUP AT AN OLD AGE PSYCHIATRY SERVICE: PATIENT AND STAFF PERSPECTIVES

2016 ◽  
Vol 45 (suppl 2) ◽  
pp. ii1.15-ii12
Author(s):  
Aidan Conway ◽  
Jessica O'Brien ◽  
Fiona Kelly ◽  
Aoife Ní Chorcoráin
Keyword(s):  
Old Age ◽  
Support Group ◽  
Day Hospital ◽  
Old Age Psychiatry

Drug Treatment in Old Age Psychiatry

2002 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cornelius Katona ◽  
Gill Livingston
Keyword(s):  
Drug Treatment ◽  
Old Age ◽  
Old Age Psychiatry

scholarly journals Old age psychiatry and geriatric medicine admissions and elderly suicide rates in England

2010 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 502-504 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ajit Shah
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
General Practitioner ◽  
Old Age ◽  
Geriatric Medicine ◽  
Healthcare Services ◽  
Suicide Rates ◽  
Old Age Psychiatry ◽  
Elderly Suicide ◽  
Almost All

Almost all elderly suicide victims have mental illness, and up to 90% have depression (Shah and De, 1998). A significant number of elderly suicide victims in Western countries consult their general practitioner or psychiatrist or contact mental health services between one week and six months prior to the suicide (Catell, 1988; Conwell et al., 1990; 1991; Catell and Jolley, 1995; Vassilas and Morgan, 1993; 1994). This offers an opportunity for identification and treatment of the mental illness. Thus, the availability of appropriate healthcare services may be an important factor associated with elderly suicide rates.

scholarly journals APP Spring Conference 1995

1996 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 111-111 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jane Garner ◽  
Sandra Evans
Keyword(s):  
Old Age ◽  
Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy ◽  
Day Hospital ◽  
Dynamic Work ◽  
Old Age Psychiatry

This Conference, organised by the Association for Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy in the NHS, brought to the St Charles Day Hospital psychoanalysts and workers from different disciplines within NHS old age psychiatry services. Over 70 delegates attended, bringing varying experience of dynamic work.

Fund-holding general practices and old age psychiatry

1994 ◽  
Vol 18 (5) ◽  
pp. 263-265 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher F. Fear ◽  
Howard R. Cattell
Keyword(s):  
Retrospective Study ◽  
General Practitioner ◽  
Old Age ◽  
Local Practices ◽  
Old Age Psychiatry ◽  
General Practices

In a retrospective study, referrals to a community old age psychiatry service were obtained for local practices a year before and a year subsequent to the introduction of prospective general practitioner (GP) fund-holding. Although overall patterns of referral were the same, there was a significant reduction in domiciliary consultations requested by fund-holding GPs which was not balanced by a rise in other referrals. The findings suggest a shortfall in the number of referrals to old age psychiatry services in the light of GP fund-holding, prompting speculation as to the fate of those who would otherwise have been referred.

One day in the life of old age psychiatrists in the United Kingdom

2013 ◽  
Vol 25 (6) ◽  
pp. 1023-1032
Author(s):  
Susan Mary Benbow ◽  
David Jolley
Keyword(s):  
Old Age ◽  
Working Hours ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Work Patterns ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Current Economic Climate ◽  
Economic Climate ◽  
Memory Clinics ◽  
Old Age Psychiatry ◽  
Day Hospitals

ABSTRACTBackground: The provision of mental health care for older people will become increasingly important with rising demand related to global demographic changes. This project aimed to identify changes in work patterns of UK consultant old age psychiatrists between 1993 and 2012.Method: A link to an online questionnaire was circulated to consultant old age psychiatrists through the Faculty of Old Age Psychiatry, Royal College of Psychiatrists.Results: In all 210 usable responses were received. On the survey day 71% of old age psychiatrists arrived at work before 9 am, and 40% left work after 6 pm. Over one-third (35%) worked for another hour or more at home. The range of activities was broader than previously reported. Administrative activity was undertaken by over 60% and acute ward work by only 26%. Few consultants reported time in long-stay care or day hospitals. Outpatient activity included Memory Clinics and Health Center Clinics. The main stressors reported by consultants were lack of resources and pressures from management-imposed, financially driven service changes. Relationships with people at work (including patients and their families) and outside work were the main identified support.Conclusions: Consultants’ working hours have changed little since 1997, but the range and emphases of activities have changed. Changes in service organization are stressful and consultants are supported by relationships with colleagues and patients. Work patterns are changing in response to demands and constraints on the specialty. Research is needed into service design and work patterns, which can provide humane care in the current economic climate.

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