Intermediate Care for Older People with Mental Health Difficulties - A Department of Health Funded Section 64 Project
We are in the process of completing this project. We have developed an early findings paper that can be down loaded from this site
An overarching view is that is that there is often poor integration and understanding between mainstream older peoples intermediate care services and older peoples mental health services and that this results in sub optimal care and treatment. This is presented against a perspective where mental health problems in older adults are common: present in perhaps 40% of GP attendees, 50% of general hospital patients, and 60% of care home residents.