Frail aged persons residing in South African homes for the aged who require hospitalisation Part I. Urban areas

The numbers and characteristics of white residents identified by medical and nursing staff as requiring more staff time and/or expertise and/or medical equipment than is available in homes for the aged were assessed. Only 27 out of 2447 (1 1%) extremely infirm aged persons resident in 93 homes for the aged would, in the opinion of institutional staff, benefit by admission to a long-term care hospital catering for chronically ill. The conditions affecting these residents are described and recommendations relating to their management made

The medical and public health importance of the Coxsackie viruses

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A study of the health services and needs of the elderly (SENSORG) [Ondersoek na die gesondheidsdienste en behoeftes van bejaardes (SENSORG).]

ArticleThe original publication is available at http://www.samj.org.zaOur department was approached by various welfare organisations who experienced problems with the placing of the frail elderly in suitable homes. The SENCARE project was planned to ascertain the health needs of the white and coloured elderly living in old-age homes and in the community and to identify the existing health services available to them by using the questionnaire method of measurement. The study was done in 3 phases: phase I in an urban area, phase II in a large rural town and phase III in 5 small rural towns. In the urban area too many healthy white elderly people live in old-age homes. The availability of services is poorer in the rural areas. In all 3 phases social and economic impairment is the major cause of dependence in both the white and coloured elderly population groups.Publisher’s versio