Older people at home : practical issues

Focuses on social, cultural and community aspects of elderly care that GPs have identifed as been particularly problematic in their everyday work.

Following a problem-based approach, with special emphasis on the needs of older people living at home, the book covers topics including the role of the old age psychiatrist; legal aspects of mental capacity; housing; money problems; public transport; carers; elder abuse; loneliness; ethnic minorities; rehabilitation; community care; community services; social services; and aids to compliance with medication.