Liaison Old Age Psychiatry Service in a Medical Setting: Description of the Newcastle Clinical Service
Liaison Old Age Psychiatry services (LOAP) have begun to emerge in the UK and further development of the service is supported by the latest health policies. Since qualitative and quantitative studies in this area are lacking, we have undertaken a detailed quantitative prospective review of referrals...
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| author | E. B. Mukaetova-Ladinska G. Cosker M. Coppock M. Henderson Y. Ali Ashgar A. Hill A. Scully D. Robinson K. Sells S. Brotherton C. Lowthian |
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| description | Liaison Old Age Psychiatry services (LOAP) have begun to emerge in the UK and further development of the service is supported by the latest health policies. Since qualitative and quantitative studies in this area are lacking, we have undertaken a detailed quantitative prospective review of referrals to the Newcastle LOAP to evaluate the clinical activity of the service. We report high referral rates and turnover for the LOAP service. Reasons for referral are diverse, ranging from requests for level of care and capacity assessments and transfer to other clinical services to management of behaviour, diagnosis, and treatment. We outline the value of a multidisciplinary model of LOAP activity, including the important role of the liaison nursing team, in providing a rapid response, screening, and followup of high number of clinical referrals to the service. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-461674acd8ac47f0a049708e669592962025-02-03T05:54:38ZengWileyNursing Research and Practice2090-14292090-14372011-01-01201110.1155/2011/587457587457Liaison Old Age Psychiatry Service in a Medical Setting: Description of the Newcastle Clinical ServiceE. B. Mukaetova-Ladinska0G. Cosker1M. Coppock2M. Henderson3Y. Ali Ashgar4A. Hill5A. Scully6D. Robinson7K. Sells8S. Brotherton9C. Lowthian10Liaison Old Age Psychiatry Service, Campus for Ageing and Vitality, Newcastle upon Tyne NE4 6BE, UKLiaison Old Age Psychiatry Service, Campus for Ageing and Vitality, Newcastle upon Tyne NE4 6BE, UKLiaison Old Age Psychiatry Service, Campus for Ageing and Vitality, Newcastle upon Tyne NE4 6BE, UKLiaison Old Age Psychiatry Service, Campus for Ageing and Vitality, Newcastle upon Tyne NE4 6BE, UKLiaison Old Age Psychiatry Service, Campus for Ageing and Vitality, Newcastle upon Tyne NE4 6BE, UKLiaison Old Age Psychiatry Service, Campus for Ageing and Vitality, Newcastle upon Tyne NE4 6BE, UKLiaison Old Age Psychiatry Service, Campus for Ageing and Vitality, Newcastle upon Tyne NE4 6BE, UKOld Age Psychiatry Services, Campus for Ageing and Vitality, Newcastle upon Tyne NE4 6BE, UKLiaison Old Age Psychiatry Service, Campus for Ageing and Vitality, Newcastle upon Tyne NE4 6BE, UKLiaison Old Age Psychiatry Service, Campus for Ageing and Vitality, Newcastle upon Tyne NE4 6BE, UKOld Age Psychiatry Services, Campus for Ageing and Vitality, Newcastle upon Tyne NE4 6BE, UKLiaison Old Age Psychiatry services (LOAP) have begun to emerge in the UK and further development of the service is supported by the latest health policies. Since qualitative and quantitative studies in this area are lacking, we have undertaken a detailed quantitative prospective review of referrals to the Newcastle LOAP to evaluate the clinical activity of the service. We report high referral rates and turnover for the LOAP service. Reasons for referral are diverse, ranging from requests for level of care and capacity assessments and transfer to other clinical services to management of behaviour, diagnosis, and treatment. We outline the value of a multidisciplinary model of LOAP activity, including the important role of the liaison nursing team, in providing a rapid response, screening, and followup of high number of clinical referrals to the service.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/587457 |
| spellingShingle | E. B. Mukaetova-Ladinska G. Cosker M. Coppock M. Henderson Y. Ali Ashgar A. Hill A. Scully D. Robinson K. Sells S. Brotherton C. Lowthian Liaison Old Age Psychiatry Service in a Medical Setting: Description of the Newcastle Clinical Service Nursing Research and Practice |
| title | Liaison Old Age Psychiatry Service in a Medical Setting: Description of the Newcastle Clinical Service |
| title_full | Liaison Old Age Psychiatry Service in a Medical Setting: Description of the Newcastle Clinical Service |
| title_fullStr | Liaison Old Age Psychiatry Service in a Medical Setting: Description of the Newcastle Clinical Service |
| title_full_unstemmed | Liaison Old Age Psychiatry Service in a Medical Setting: Description of the Newcastle Clinical Service |
| title_short | Liaison Old Age Psychiatry Service in a Medical Setting: Description of the Newcastle Clinical Service |
| title_sort | liaison old age psychiatry service in a medical setting description of the newcastle clinical service |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/587457 |
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