Long-term care. Strike up the bands.
Assessing elderly people for long-term care according to a banding system, with the assessors meeting weekly, can speed up placements. The system is believed to cut down on inappropriate placements. A rise in the number of elderly people in nursing home places funded by the local authority reflects increasing levels of dependence in the community.
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Northwick Park Hospital, Harrow.
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Ryan
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