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

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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2007

Andrew Wilson ,
Suzanne Richards  and
Janette Camosso-Stefinovic
Andrew Wilson*
Affiliation:
Department of Health Sciences, University of Leicester, UK
Suzanne Richards
Affiliation:
Peninsula Medical School, Universities of Exeter & Plymouth, UK
Janette Camosso-Stefinovic
Affiliation:
Department of Health Sciences, University of Leicester, UK
*
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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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.

Type
Psychological and social gerontology
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Reviews in Clinical Gerontology , Volume 17 , Issue 3 , August 2007 , pp. 199 - 218
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2008

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