Health Services for the Aged - Organization & administration
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Supported self care and care planning for patients with long-term conditions.

30 Aug 2009 Christine Beasley explains the benefits of supported self care for patients with long-term conditions, enabling them to make decisions about their care, in partnership with their health-care professional. The article also includes a case study of ... Read more...

Understanding commissioning for non-commissioners.

30 Jul 2009 Commissioning is vital to a patient-led NHS. The knowledgeable practitioner, a non-commissioner, can become involved to influence commissioners to improve the population's health and well-being. Commissioning and the activities related towards ... Read more...

The effect of care setting on elder abuse: results from a Michigan survey.

29 Jun 2009 This study compares abuse rates for elders age 60 and older in three care settings: nursing home, paid home care, and assisted living. The results are based on a 2005 random-digit dial survey of relatives of or those responsible for, a person in ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Health Services for the Aged - Organization & administration'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Mental health services for older people. 22 Oct 2009
• Improvement of hospital care of elderly patients: thinking outside the (hospital) box: comment on "hospital at home for elderly patients with acute decompensation of chronic heart failure". 26 Sep 2009
• [Nutritional therapy in elderly care--a forgotten perspective. A questionnaire study shows clear shortages in the care of the elderly] 30 Aug 2009
• [Better care for elderly with multiple comorbidity] 30 Aug 2009
• Supported self care and care planning for patients with long-term conditions. 30 Aug 2009
• Proposed social care reform can end postcode lottery. 30 Aug 2009
• Understanding commissioning for non-commissioners. 30 Jul 2009
• Older people's prevention package. 30 Jul 2009
• England's big care debate. 23 Jul 2009
• Rehospitalizations among patients in the Medicare fee-for-service program. 14 Jul 2009
• The effect of care setting on elder abuse: results from a Michigan survey. 29 Jun 2009
• Professional decision making on elder abuse: systematic narrative review. 29 Jun 2009
• A systematic review of interventions for elder abuse. 29 Jun 2009
• Introducing the PACE concept: managed care for the frail older adult. 29 Jun 2009
• [Social life auxiliary in an aide association and home care services. Interview by Gilles Guillard] 29 Jun 2009
• [Dependence and vulnerability in walking ability at home] 29 Jun 2009
• ASCP pushes for bill promoting coordination of care for elders at home. 29 Jun 2009
• Mobile interprofessional wellness care of rural older adults. 20 Jun 2009
• Family physicians' effort to stay in charge of the medical treatment when patients have home care by district nurses. A grounded theory study. 20 Jun 2009
• How will the U.S. healthcare system meet the challenge of the ethnogeriatric imperative? Jun 2009

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Technical information about 'Health Services for the Aged'

Definition: Services for the diagnosis and treatment of diseases in the aged and the maintenance of health in the elderly.

Descriptor UI: D006299

Alternative terms: Health Services for the Aged; Health Services for the Elderly; Health Services for Aged; Health Services, Geriatric; Geriatric Health Service; Health Service, Geriatric; Service, Geriatric Health; Services, Geriatric Health; Geriatric Health Services;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; history; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; organization & administration; standards; supply & distribution; trends; utilization; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: N02.421.320;

History Note: 80

Technical Notes: coord IM with specific serv (IM or NIM) if pertinent; check also tag AGED; DF: HEALTH SERV AGED