A SURVEY OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH TEAMS AND RESIDENTIAL HOMES FOR THE ELDERLY

✍ Scribed by SARAH BAILLON; PETER NEVILLE; COLIN BROOME

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1996
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 475 KB
• Volume: 11
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0885-6230
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1166(199609)11:9<807::aid-gps383>3.0.co;2-g

✦ Synopsis

Members of community mental health teams for the elderly (CMHTE), officers in local authority social services residential homes for the elderly (Part III homes) and GPs in Leicestershire were sent questionnaires regarding contact and the relationship between CMHTE and Part 111 homes. There was general agreement between the three groups on the role of CMHTE members in the homes and the benefits of regular liaison involvement of a team member in a home. There was a high level of agreement for open access to CMHTE from Part 111 home officers by all three groups surveyed.