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Long-term care: reducing morbidity in residents and staff

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Mavis Evans ,
Helen Burgess  and
Elizabeth Gore-Rees
Mavis Evans*
Affiliation:
Wirral Hospital NHS Trust, Clatterbridge Site, Bebington, Wirral L63 4JY
Helen Burgess
Affiliation:
Wirral Hospital NHS Trust, Clatterbridge Site, Bebington, Wirral L63 4JY
Elizabeth Gore-Rees
Affiliation:
Wirral Hospital NHS Trust, Clatterbridge Site, Bebington, Wirral L63 4JY
*
∗Correspondence
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Abstract

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Staff in nursing homes specialising in the care of the elderly mentally ill were trained to screen for psychiatric morbidity by members of the local psychogeriatric service. They were then involved in the planning and delivery of appropriate treatment, both medical and behavioural. Residents in the homes were screened again six months later and marked reduction in morbidity was found.

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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 19 , Issue 10 , October 1995 , pp. 612 - 615
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1995

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