Creating a community-based memory clinic for older people.
This article describes the development of a multidisciplinary, nurse-led memory clinic. The clinic has grown out of research activity to become an important component of a community service for older people with dementia and other mental health problems. A detailed analysis of the interaction between the clinic and the community mental health team, as practised in this model of care, is presented for consideration.
Grizzell
Moganeswari
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Memory Clinic, Penn Hospital, Wolverhampton.
Fairhurst
Anna
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Lyle
Sarah
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Jolley
David
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Willmott
Sasi
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Bawn
Sadie
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