Misplacement in long stay geriatric care, psychogeriatric care and Part IV accommodation.
The dependency and behavioural characteristics of 1,461 elderly people in long stay geriatric and psychogeriatric wards and Part IV accommodation were surveyed. Misplacement, defined as having dependency and behaviour characteristics normally associated with admission to another form of care, was widespread, ranging from 5-51% in the different facilities visited. It was greatest in psychogeriatric wards and least in geriatric wards. In Part IV accommodation there was a significant inverse relationship between length of stay and appropriateness of placement.
Gilfillan
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Department of Psychiatry, Royal Edinburgh Hospital.
Drummond
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Currie
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D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000368:Aged; D015577:Geriatric Assessment; D006300:Health Services Misuse / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006707:Homes for the Aged / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006757:Hospital Units / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008134:Long-Term Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010347:Patient Care Planning / Q000592:standards; D012606:Scotland