title: Long-term care. Strike up the bands.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Northwick Park Hospital, Harrow.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Denham
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Newitt
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ryan
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D015577:Geriatric Assessment; D006801:Humans; D008134:Long-Term Care; D009735:Nursing Homes / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D013222:State Medicine; D006113:United Kingdom