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Time for change—psychiatric morbidity in residential homes for the elderly

✍ Scribed by Peter G. Neville; Ann Boyle; Mr. Sara Brooke; Sarah Baillon; Gail Scothern; Colin Broome

Book ID
102845983
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1995
Tongue
English
Weight
571 KB
Volume
10
Category
Article
ISSN
0885-6230

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✦ Synopsis

Previous studies of psychiatric morbidity in Local Authority Social Services Part 111 homes have shown high rates of depression and dementia. Our study of Part 111 homes in Leicester city shows higher rates and greater severity of dementia than these studies. Eighty-two per cent were diagnosed as suffering from dementia to some degree and 53% showed severe levels of cognitive impairment and dependency. A rate of depression (17%) was found, lower than in previously reported studies. These results seem to reflect the changing role of Part 111 homes in service provision for the elderly population.

KEY woaD+-demen tia; depression; residential homes; elderly

A number of previous studies have all shown high levels of psychiatric morbidity and physical disability in Local Authority Social Services Part I11 settings. However, the original intention of Part I11 homes was that they were not to be used as 'nursing homes or extensions of hospitals' (DHSS, 1977). In 1984, Mann et al. reported high rates of both dementia and depression in residents of 12 elderly persons homes (EPH) in the London borough of

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