The Mental Health of Older People: Taking a Long View
Jill Manthorpe
(Social Care Workforce Research Unit, King's College London)
Steve Iliffe
(Primary Care For Older People, University College London)
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Abstract
This article is the first of a series on older people's mental health services (OPMH Focus 2008‐09). It sets out some of the challenges facing commissioners, and uses recommendations from a recent inquiry to outline possible commissioning objectives.
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Citation
Manthorpe, J. and Iliffe, S. (2008), "The Mental Health of Older People: Taking a Long View", Journal of Integrated Care, Vol. 16 No. 5, pp. 4-13. https://doi.org/10.1108/14769018200800034
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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