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The North Dublin Old Age Psychiatry service — survey of patients referred in the first six months

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 June 2014

Margo M. Wrigley  and
Miriam A. Gannon
Margo M. Wrigley
Affiliation:
Consultant Psychiatrist in the Psychiatry of Old Age, Department of Psychiatry, James Connolly Memorial Hospital, Blanchardstown, Dublin 15
Miriam A. Gannon
Affiliation:
St. Vincent's Hospital, Fairview, Dublin 3
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Abstract

In Ireland, the demographic pressure of greater numbers of elderly people surviving longer with an attendant increase in the prevalence of dementia and depression compounded by the running down of old mental hospitals and the closure of smaller general hospitals has provoked debate on the need for Old Age Psychiatry (Psychogeriatric) Services.

The first Old Age Psychiatry service in the Republic of Ireland started in North Dublin in January 1989. Detailed information on all referrals (173) assessed in the first six months of operation was collected and is presented. The findings are discussed in the context of the stated government policy of caring for the elderly within the community setting.

Keywords

Old Age Psychiatrydementiacommunity service provision.
Type
Original Papers
Information
Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine , Volume 7 , Issue 2 , September 1990 , pp. 135 - 137
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1990

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