PARTNERSHIP NURSING HOME CARE FOR DEMENTIA: THE GLASGOW EXPERIENCE—ONE-YEAR FOLLOW-UP

✍ Scribed by DONALD LYONS; MARK COHEN; TOM HENDERSON; NICK WALKER

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1997
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 67 KB
• Volume: 12
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0885-6230
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1166(199707)12:7<765::aid-gps637>3.0.co;2-7

✦ Synopsis

The outcome of the transfer of 60 elderly patients suering from dementia from hospital to nursing home care under a partnership contract was reviewed at 6 and 12 months following transfer. The nursing home population had fared badly compared with patients remaining in hospital during the ®rst 3 months. This dierence was less evident at 6 months follow-up and had disappeared at 12 months follow-up. It seems that a partnership agreement such as this can deliver a quality of health care at least as good as hospital treatment as long as the transfer is handled carefully.