Moak G S
Nashua Brookside Hospital, New Hampshire.
Psychiatr Clin North Am. 1990 Mar;13(1):99-111.
As the geriatric population continues to grow, psychiatry's neglect of the elderly will have to be addressed. The standard of practice in the treatment of the elderly has lagged substantially behind the knowledge base of geriatric psychiatry. Quality assurance is one methodology for attempting to bridge this gap. This article reviews some of the barriers to effective service delivery to the elderly and discusses aspects of geriatric psychiatry that are important for quality assurance programs to consider.
随着老年人口持续增长，精神病学对老年人的忽视问题必须得到解决。老年人治疗的实践标准大幅落后于老年精神病学的知识基础。质量保证是试图弥合这一差距的一种方法。本文回顾了向老年人有效提供服务的一些障碍，并讨论了老年精神病学中对质量保证计划来说很重要的一些方面。
