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The challenge of evaluating mental health services for older people

✍ Scribed by Niall McCrae; Sube Banerjee

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 2011
Tongue: English
Weight: 109 KB
Volume: 26
Category: Article
ISSN: 0885-6230
DOI: 10.1002/gps.2576

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✦ Synopsis

Background:

Despite a consensus on the need to expand and improve mental health care for older people, evidence on models of service development is limited.

Objective:

Referring to two case studies, this paper considers how evaluation of service innovations can inform policy and practice.

Conclusions:

Evaluation should entail a dual concern with measurement and meaning in judging the value of an intervention.

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