title: The non coping elderly patient.
abstract: Non coping elderly patients require considerable support from their general practitioners. They can provide the ongoing medical care and co-ordinate the assistance of many agencies to help patients cope at home until alternative placement can be arranged to ease the situation for patients, their relatives and doctors.
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Schlicht
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000368:Aged; D005853:Geriatrics; D006801:Humans; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D012944:Social Support