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Unmet treatment needs of older prisoners
— a primary care survey | | Author(s) | Seena Fazel, Tony Hope, Ian O'Donnell |
| Journal title | Age and Ageing, vol 33, no 4, July 2004 |
| Pages | pp 396-398 |
| Source | http://www.ageing.oupjournals.org |
| Keywords | Prisoners ; Needs [elderly] ; Drugs ; Psychiatric treatment ; Medical care ; Social surveys. |
| Annotation | Little is known about the treatment needs of older prisoners and to what extent they are being met. Case notes were surveyed using a standardised proforma and information collected on current medication for a representative sample of 203 sentenced prisoners aged 60+ in 15 prisons in England and Wales. Three-quarters of older prisoners were prescribed medication. Those with cardiovascular, respiratory and endocrine health problems were prescribed medication that was mostly appropriately targeted. In contrast, only 18% of inmates with recorded psychiatric morbidity were prescribed psychotropic medication. Reviewing the medical records of older prisoners and considering the appropriateness of their current medication regime would be a primary care intervention that could significantly improve the health of this marginalised group. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-040929207 A |
| Classmark | TGF: IK: LLD: LP: LK: 3F |
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