Brighton and District CHC
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Who really cares?
A survey on the aftercare of elderly patients discharged from Acute Hospital
By:  Valerie Wiliamson - Brighton CHC - December 1985
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This publication is 85 pages and is, therefore, too large to download in one attempt, so it is broken down into manageable sections.  Even so, please note that it is still quite slow to download.

• Preface, Introduction and References
• Survey Method and Survey Findings - Social Circumstances
• Hospital Discharge - Analysis of Findings
• Interpretation of Findings
• Aftercare - Analysis of Findings
• Interpretation of Findings
• Conclusion
• Recommendations - Questionnaire for a Study of elderly people returning from hospital

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The Transfer from Hospital to Community
A survey of the difficulties encountered in the discharge and after care of elderly patients admitted to Acute Hospitals ... with some examples of good practice.
By:  Valkere Williamson - Brighton CHC - 1987
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This publication is 80 pages and is, therefore, too large to download in one attempt, so it is broken down into manageable sections.  Even so, please note that it is still quite slow to download.

• Introduction
• Methodology - Findings 
• Responsibility for Discharge Planning - Existence of Specialist Posts - Notification of GPs - Patients seen by social Worker - Going Home - Convalescent Facilities - Health Visitors - Charges for Home Help - Voluntary Sector Initiatives - Innovatory Programme - Conclusions - References 
• Appendices 1, 2 and 3
• Supporting documents (1)
• Supporting documents (2)

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