Guidelines for Regional Advisers on Consultant Posts in the Psychiatry of Old Age

Wattis, John; Neal, Diana Odland; Philpott, R. H.

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“…There is wide variation in the numbers of CPNs employed in the teams, from one per 2255 to one per 9200 overdk, in spite of the other resources available to the teams being roughly similar (Table 1). The Royal College of Psychiatrists recommends one nurse per 5000 population over 65 (Wattis, 1987).…”

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Providing a community psychogeriatric service: Models of community psychiatric nursing provision in a single health district

Junaid

Bruce²

1994

Int J Geriat Psychiatry

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SUMMARYThis study describes the provision of community psychiatric nurses (CPNs) within a single health authority. Nottingham has four specialist psychogeriatric teams. We found wide variation in the caseload per CPN from 25 to 70 per WTE. There was less variation in the casemix of the various CPN teams. The degree of specialist activity provided by individual CPNs within teams varied. The degree of supervision varied from formal weekly 2-hour sessions to informal ad hoc sessions only. The various models of providing CPN services have important resource implications. The full implementation of the 1990 NHS and Community Care Act on April I , 1993 has significant consequences for community care. It is therefore important to determine the most effective and efficient models of care.

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Providing a community psychogeriatric service: Models of community psychiatric nursing provision in a single health district

Junaid

Bruce²

1994

Int J Geriat Psychiatry

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Towards a consensus on continuing care for older adults with psychiatric disorder: report of a meeting on 27 March 1995 at the Royal College of Psychiatrists

Wattis

Fairbairn

1996

Int. J. Geriat. Psychiatry

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Survey of long‐stay psychogeriatric bed use: Implications for future provisions

Cope

1991

Int J Geriat Psychiatry

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SUMMARYThree hundred and twenty patients occupying long-stay psychogeriatric beds were identified as compared to the Royal College of Psychiatrists' proposed number for this population of 470. Of these 7.1% were aged under 65 years, 11.3% had a diagnosis of functional illness and 75% were over 75 years. Existing guidelines for bed provision for the elderly mentally ill do not account for these numbers of under 65, functionally ill or the rapidly expanding number of over 75 year olds. Fixed guidelines for bed provision are inappropriate for this population; at present they are too high, but with the uncertainty surrounding the funding of community care they may well prove to be too low here as in other areas.

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Guidelines for Regional Advisers on Consultant Posts in the Psychiatry of Old Age

Cited by 8 publications

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Providing a community psychogeriatric service: Models of community psychiatric nursing provision in a single health district

Providing a community psychogeriatric service: Models of community psychiatric nursing provision in a single health district

Towards a consensus on continuing care for older adults with psychiatric disorder: report of a meeting on 27 March 1995 at the Royal College of Psychiatrists

Survey of long‐stay psychogeriatric bed use: Implications for future provisions

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