Psychiatric assessment wards for older adults: a qualitative evaluation of two ward models
| Autor: | Julie Patel, Jaime-Stewart Craig, Chris Hatton, Claire Lee-Jones |
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| Rok vydání: | 2000 |
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Hospitals
Psychiatric Male medicine.medical_specialty Outcome Assessment Health Care Medicine Humans Psychiatry Hospital ward Geriatric Assessment Aged Aged 80 and over Inpatients business.industry Psychiatric assessment User satisfaction United Kingdom Patient Care Management Staff satisfaction Psychiatry and Mental health Patient Satisfaction Family medicine Female Cognitively impaired Geriatrics and Gerontology business Cognition Disorders Hospital Units Service development |
| Zdroj: | International journal of geriatric psychiatry. 15(8) |
| ISSN: | 0885-6230 |
| Popis: | This study was requested to investigate the relative strengths of two different ward arrangements. Both wards were psychiatric assessment wards for people over the age of 65 and both were mixed sex wards. The major focus was to examine if the separation of cognitively impaired (CI) and functional clients on an elderly assessment ward had benefits in terms of client and staff satisfaction. The study involved 192 hours of observation, following four clients on each ward for 24-hours. Results indicate that the split ward and the mixed ward differ qualitatively and that in terms of user and staff satisfaction the split model is preferable. Implications for service development and future research are also discussed. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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