Medical problems of elderly patients admitted to a mental illness hospital--incidence, nature and importance for service provision.
The study deals with 147 elderly patients admitted to acute psychiatric beds in a Health District where access to medical rather than to psychiatric beds for elderly people was easier. Fifteen of these patients were transferred from medical wards and 53 had 56 problems which needed treatment from a physician. Collaboration between physicians and psychiatrists in the management of elderly psychiatric patients requires more extensive facilities than those available in joint assessment units.
D000368:Aged; D004739:England; D005853:Geriatrics; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D010360:Patient Transfer; D012017:Referral and Consultation