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## Abstract ## Objective To examine the relationship between care management arrangements and the Care Programme Approach (CPA) in the context of old age mental health services and, particularly, dementia services. ## Method The information reported is from a national study of care management arrangements, funded by the Department of Health. A response rate of 77% was obtained from local authority social services departments. ## Results In old age mental health services over half of the respondents reported joint screening arrangements for health and social care, almost four‐fifths reported both joint criteria for the allocation of key workers and a clear definition of monitoring responsibilities. Of the latter over two‐fifths were reported as being the same in care management and the CPA. Forty‐six per cent of respondents provided a specialist service for people with dementia. Three‐fifths of respondents reported that they did not apply CPA to people with dementia who were in receipt of care management or did so in less than 20% of cases. Where the CPA was applied it was more likely that a priority would be accorded to care management. A quarter of respondents reported the shared

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Author

Jane Hughes; Karen Stewart; David Challis; Robin Darton; Kate Weiner

Publisher

John Wiley and Sons; Wiley (John Wiley & Sons); John Wiley & Sons Inc.; Wiley; Research Square (ISSN 0885-6230)

Published

2001

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)