Purpose: In 2002, a 6 year review of dental hygiene graduates from the Medical College of
Georgia (1996 through 2001) was conducted to determine which criteria were the best …

Purpose: This study surveyed dental hygienists in order to assess their routine approach for
dental implant maintenance and to determine if a relationship exists between the formal …

Objectives The study sought to identify the variables associated with increased length of
stay on old age psychiatry inpatient wards. It also explored the factors related to delayed …

… Screening for depression in older people on medical wards: which cut-point should we
use? Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 18: 358–359. D’Ath P, Katona P, Mullan E, Evans S, Katona C. …

… The research assistant and LPN visited wards at different times to maintain blinding. The
controls were not identified to ward staff (and were thus largely not recognised as depressed) …

Aims The aim of this study was to explore the support worker functions in community mental
health teams for older adults in relation to roles, boundaries, supervision and training. …

… However, after controlling for case mix, no significant differences were found in the
likelihood of admission to mental health inpatient wards or care homes between team types. …

… All respondents had access to inpatient care, but less than a sixth reported the availability
of beds dedicated to rehabilitation and, furthermore, about a third did not have separate wards …

Background The rising number of older people with mental health problems makes the
effective use of mental health resources imperative. Little is known about the clinical …

… health problems have always been cared for in their own homes, the first specialist
psychogeriatric services in England were generally hospital-based, with beds in long-stay wards and …