Joint Committee On Human Rights Report In Old People: Response From The Faculty Of Old Age Psychiatry - Dr Dave Anderson, UK
Following the Alzheimer UK, national Audit Office and Age Concern mental health inquiry reports in a space of 6 months, one wonders how many authoritative statements are needed to shame the country into action.
So far the response has been to cut services for older people's mental health, cut services for older people in the community, totally ignore the enormous problem of older people's mental health in acute hospitals and care homes and deny people with Alzheimer's disease access to treatment.
The government must wake up to the fact that a tidal wave of mental health problems affecting older people is hitting the shores of these islands.
Until government declares older people's mental health to be a national priority with a clear direction for commissioners to address it, then nothing will change. Without that change services will, very soon, drown in this deepening sea of sickness and neglect. This is about more than just dignity and respect."
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Comisia mixtã pentru drepturile omului în raport de bãtrâni: rãspuns de la Facultatea de limitã de vârstã psihiatrie - dr. Dave Anderson, Regatul Unit - Joint Committee On Human Rights Report In Old People: Response From The Faculty Of Old Age Psychiatry - Dr Dave Anderson, UK - articole medicale engleza - startsanatate