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Needs for continuing care of demented people: a model for estimating needs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

John P. Wattis ,
Janet Hobson  and
George Barker
John P. Wattis
Affiliation:
Academic Unit of Psychiatry, St James's University Hospital, Beckett Street, Leeds LS9 7TF
Janet Hobson
Affiliation:
County Hospital, North Road, Durham
George Barker
Affiliation:
St James's Hospital, Leeds
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The way in which residential and other forms of continuing care have developed in the United Kingdom has been reviewed (Lewis & Wattis, 1988). It has been a story of unclear policy and confusion, especially in respect of people with dementia. At present there is a lack of clarity about who is responsible for providing continuing care for demented people. Traditionally, their care was shared between social services Part III (including EMI – for the ‘elderly mentally infirm’) homes and NHS psychogeriatric and geriatric beds.

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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 16 , Issue 8 , August 1992 , pp. 465 - 467
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