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S Gilfillan1, T Drummond, C Currie
1Department of Psychiatry, Royal Edinburgh Hospital.
Abstract:
The dependency and behavioural characteristics of 1,461 elderly people in long stay geriatric and psychogeriatric wards and Part IV accommodation were surveyed. Misplacement, defined as having dependency and behaviour characteristics normally associated with admission to another form of care, was widespread, ranging from 5-51% in the different facilities visited. It was greatest in psychogeriatric wards and least in geriatric wards. In Part IV accommodation there was a significant inverse relationship between length of stay and appropriateness of placement.
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