"Asset stripping" the declining mental hospital. Issue 6207 (12th January 1980)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Fottrell, E; Spy, T; Mearns, G; MacLean, I; Fogarty, M
• Is Part Of: BMJ. Volume 280:Issue 6207(1980)
• Page Start: 89
• Page End: 90
• Publication Date: 1980-01-12
• Subjects: Medicine -- Periodicals; Medicine -- Periodicals; Medicine; Periodicals; 610
• DOI: 10.1136/bmj.280.6207.89
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0007-1447

Abstract

Abstract : A psychogeriatric day hospital was developed from a long-stay back ward of a large mental hospital whose population of patients had decreased by half. Women in the 70-80 age group with varying degrees of dementia benefited most from such facilities. In view of the current cut-back in Government spending one of the greatest assets in providing a comprehensive service for the elderly mentally infirm may well be found in the declining mental hospital.