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 and community nursing teams for the terminally ill. These new attitudes and practical treatment changes succeeded in radically altering the climate of care and were the result of small innovatory groups of care-providers.
Author(s): Bernard Isaacs, Halen Evers
Series: Routledge Library Editions: Health, Disease & Society
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2022
Language: English
Pages: 202
City: London
Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Original Title Page
Original Copyright Page
Table of Contents
List of Tables and Figures
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter One: The Nature of Innovation
Chapter Two: Promoting Innovation - A District Medical Officer's View
Chapter Three: How Local Government Funds Innovations in Social Services
Chapter Four: Early Intervention in a General Practice
Chapter Five: Extended Role of the Home Help Service
Chapter Six: High-Rise Sheltered Housing
Chapter Seven: Domiciliary Physiotherapy for the Elderly in South Birmingham
Chapter Eight: The Volunteer Stroke Scheme
Chapter Nine: A Continence Advisory Service
Chapter Ten: Making a Geriatric Department Effective
Chapter Eleven: Hollymoor Psychogeriatric Service
Chapter Twelve: A Day Centre for the Elderly Mentally Infirm
Chapter Thirteen: Residential Home for the Elderly Mentally Infirm
Chapter Fourteen: Domiciliary Care of the Terminally Ill
Chapter Fifteen: Education in Care of the Elderly
Chapter Sixteen: The Societal Context of Innovation in Care of the Elderly
List of Contributors
Index
