title: Into the unknown: establishing a new service in an acute hospital setting.
authors.affiliation: Southampton General Hospital.
authors.forename: Nadia
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Chambers
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D005260:Female; D015577:Geriatric Assessment; D006302:Health Services Research; D006299:Health Services for the Aged / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay; D008297:Male; D020380:Needs Assessment; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010351:Patient Discharge / Q000592:standards; D018802:Patient-Centered Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D016730:Program Development / Q000379:methods*; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012944:Social Support; D013222:State Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration; D006113:United Kingdom