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Innovations in the Care of the Elderly book cover

1st Edition

Innovations in the Care of the Elderly

Edited By Bernard Isaacs, Helen Evers Copyright 1984
204 Pages
by Routledge

204 Pages
by Routledge

204 Pages
by Routledge
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Originally published in 1984 and concentrating on the West Midlands area of the UK, this book describes the innovations that were made and all that was involved in bringing about changes in care provision for elderly people. The areas covered include hospital-based geriatric and psychogeriatric services, changes in the public housing sector, the development of a domiciliary physiotherapy service... Read more

1. The Nature of Innovation Bernard Isaacs 2. Promoting Innovation – A District Medical Officer’s View R. Griffiths 3. How Local Government Funds Innovations in Social Services R. Liddiard 4. Early Intervention in a General Practice L. A. Pike 5. Extended role of the Home Help Service S. Daffern 6. High-Rise Sheltered Housing David J. Priestnall 7. Domiciliary Physiotherapy for the Elderly in South Birmingham Fred Frazer 8. The Volunteer Stroke Scheme Eileen Staunton 9. A Continence Advisory Service Barbara Hamilton 10. Making a Geriatric Department Effective J. F. Harrison 11. Hollymoor Psychogeriatric Service D. Gaspar 12. A Day Centre for the Elderly Mentally Infirm Mary Keegan 13. Residential Home for the Elderly Mentally Inform Dorothy Pettitt 14. Domiciliary Care of the Terminally Ill Dewi Rees 15. Education in Care of the Elderly Bernard Isaacs 16. The Societal Context of Innovation in Care of the Elderly Helen Evers.

Biography

Bernard Isaacs held the Charles Hayward Chair of Geriatric Medicine at the University of Birmingham, UK. Helen Evers was Senior Research Fellow at the University of Warwick, UK.

'... a useful addition to the bookshelf.' Ruth Manley, International Journal of Nursing Studies

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