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Rehabilitating rehabilitation: an exploration of initiatives which strengthen discharge options

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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 1998

Betty Kershaw
Betty Kershaw
Affiliation:
Centre for Professional Policy Development, School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, UK
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Abstract

Over the past several years health care policies ‘have created a lack of NHS recuperative care beds. As a result, elderly patients have been discharged too early, or kept in acute care - blocking these beds.’ A King’s Fund discussion paper stated: ‘There is a group of people who have health care needs which, while not requiring the facilities of the acute hospital sector, do demand considerable support to regain a maximum level of health’.

Type
Review Article
Information
Reviews in Clinical Gerontology , Volume 8 , Issue 1 , February 1998 , pp. 1 - 2
Copyright
© Cambridge University Press 1998

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