Old age mental health services in England: implementing the National Service Framework for Older People

2007 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 211-217 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sue Tucker ◽  
Robert Baldwin ◽  
Jane Hughes ◽  
Susan Benbow ◽  
Andrew Barker ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Older People ◽  
Old Age ◽  
National Service ◽  
National Service Framework ◽  
Service Framework

scholarly journals Forget Me Not: Mental Health Services for Older People

2000 ◽  
Vol 24 (11) ◽  
pp. 403-404
Author(s):  
Susan M. Benbow ◽  
Sean P. Lennon
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Service ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Older People ◽  
Old Age ◽  
Service Planning ◽  
National Service ◽  
National Service Framework ◽  
Service Framework

The exclusion of services for older people from the Mental Health National Service Framework and the delays in publication of the National Service Framework for the elderly have caused many old age psychiatrists to be concerned that, as in many other areas of health service planning and provision, the needs of older people are not being adequately addressed by Government and health service planners. The recent Audit Commission Report, entitled Forget Me Not: Mental Health Services for Older People†, gives us much encouragement that the needs of older adults have not been forgotten. Its recent publication should provide an authoritative focus, which will help old age psychiatrists, their multi-disciplinary and management colleagues and commissioners of services to push forward improvements in services for older people with mental illnesses.

scholarly journals Commentary

2000 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 235-237
Author(s):  
Robert Hale ◽  
Sebastian Kraemer
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Clinical Governance ◽  
National Service ◽  
Staff Support ◽  
National Service Framework ◽  
Service Framework

This is a timely and useful start to a major debate that should now be taking place in mental health services. The authors have successfully woven the need for staff support into the themes of clinical governance and the national service framework for mental health and other Government initiatives. While concentrating on the particular stresses of consultants, they recognise that other grades and other disciplines in the field also suffer.

A Woman who Made a Difference: An Interview with Nori Graham

2018 ◽  
pp. 189-201
Author(s):  
Amanda Thompsell
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Alzheimer’S Disease ◽  
Alzheimer's Disease ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Older People ◽  
Old Age ◽  
Women Doctors ◽  
Old Age Psychiatry ◽  
Person Account

This chapter describes an interview with Dr Nori Graham, a key figure in older people’s mental health, former Chairman of the Alzheimer’s Society and of Alzheimer’s Disease International, and an inspiration to generations of doctors. This reflective interview provides a first-person account of the development of mental health services for older people over the last 40 years, paying tribute to some of the pioneers and architects of the astonishing growth of old age psychiatry services during this period, and comparing the challenges then and now. Nori Graham also provides insights and advice on how to develop a successful career, and on dealing with the challenges for women doctors with children. Finally, she describes her work in helping to build up the Alzheimer’s Society and Alzheimer’s Disease International, both of which expanded considerably during her period as Chairman.

Depression, anxiety and psychoses in later life: more challenges for primary care

2002 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 327-341 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steve Iliffe ◽  
Jill Manthorpe
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Primary Care ◽  
Older People ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Later Life ◽  
Special Consideration ◽  
National Service ◽  
National Service Framework ◽  
Clinical Problems ◽  
Service Framework

The current focus on dementia risks eclipsing other mental health problems of later life. While the National Service Framework for Older People (NSF) has highlighted depression as an important disorder meriting special consideration,1 anxiety and psychoses in older people remain difficult problems for practitioners to manage. This paper reviews the prevalence and impact, recognition, complexity and prognosis and treatment for these three clinical problems, and proposes a framework for ‘good enough practice’

Dignity in health care: reality or rhetoric

2002 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-4 ◽  
Author(s):  
Win Tad ◽  
Tony Bayer ◽  
Paul Dieppe
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Older People ◽  
Old Age ◽  
National Service ◽  
Death With Dignity ◽  
National Service Framework ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Right ◽  
Right To Dignity ◽  
Service Framework

Increasingly, the term ‘dignity’ is becoming a part of contemporary discussions of health care. Phrases such as ‘respect for human dignity’, ‘treatment with dignity’, ‘death with dignity’ and the ‘right to dignity’ are so commonplace as to have almost become clichés. This is especially so in the context of older people. In the UK, the NHS Plan uses the term ‘dignity’ on a number of occasions (Chapter 15 is entitled ‘Dignity, security and independence in old age’) and the National Service Framework for Older People explicitly mentions dignity in relation to person-centred care. However, practice has often failed to measure up to this much-cited aspiration.

scholarly journals Service innovations

2003 ◽  
Vol 27 (09) ◽  
pp. 346-348
Author(s):  
Chris Simpson ◽  
Prasanna De Silva
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Older People ◽  
High Quality ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Multi Disciplinary Team

The increase in older people in the UK will increase the need for mental health services to run efficient, high-quality services. Multi-disciplinary team assessments, although not new, provide a method of increasing the capacity to see referrals. Two similar systems of multi-disciplinary team assessments from North Yorkshire are reported with evidence of improvement in quality.

Alternatives to acute hospital care

2001 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 373-378 ◽  
Author(s):  
H Gentles ◽  
J Potter
Keyword(s):  
Older People ◽  
Acute Hospital ◽  
Intermediate Care ◽  
National Service ◽  
Acute Hospital Care ◽  
Department Of Health ◽  
Health Authorities ◽  
National Service Framework ◽  
Hospital Beds ◽  
Service Framework

The National Bed Inquiry indicated that up to 20% of older people might be inappropriately occupying acute hospital beds and could be discharged if alternative services were available. The report proposed the concept of ‘Intermediate Care’ as a scenario that might contribute to resolving issues around the use of acute hospital beds. The Department of Health (DoH) Circular to Health Authorities and Local Councils with regard to Intermediate Care and the publication of the National Service Framework for Older People have brought intermediate care into mainstream health policy.

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