Planning for community care: the Community Placement Questionnaire.
The article reviews methodological issues relating to planning surveys of long-stay populations and describes the development of an assessment instrument, the Community Placement Questionnaire, designed to aid planning for long-stay patients resident in hospitals scheduled for rundown or closure. Reliability and validity data are presented and the advantages and limitations of the instrument are discussed.
Clifford
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Research and Development for Psychiatry, TR House, London, UK.
Charman
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Webb
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Craig
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Cowan
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003156:Community Mental Health Services / Q000639:trends*; D003266:Continuity of Patient Care / Q000639:trends*; D003688:Deinstitutionalization / Q000639:trends*; D005260:Female; D006271:Health Facility Closure; D006801:Humans; D008134:Long-Term Care / Q000639:trends; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D010360:Patient Transfer / Q000379:methods*; D006113:United Kingdom