Reviews in Clinical Gerontology

Table of Contents - 2007 - Volume 17, Issue 03  

Psychological and social gerontology

Older people's satisfaction with intermediate care: a systematic review

Andrew Wilsona1 c1, Suzanne Richardsa2 and Janette Camosso-Stefinovica1

a1 Department of Health Sciences, University of Leicester, UK

a2 Peninsula Medical School, Universities of Exeter & Plymouth, UK

Although intermediate care takes a variety of different forms and has developed somewhat differently in different countries, we believe that intermediate-care schemes have enough in common to make it meaningful to examine the relationship between this method of care and the views of older patients receiving either it or its alternatives. This is particularly important as one of the underlying principles of intermediate care is to extend patient choice; furthermore, most intermediate-care services target older people. In this review we examine evidence about whether older people prefer intermediate or hospital care, and what they like and dislike about intermediate care.

Correspondence:

c1 Address for correspondence: Professor Andrew Wilson, Department of Health Sciences, University of Leicester, 22-28 Princess Road West, Leicester LE1 6TP, UK.

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