The precise nutritional needs of old people are unknown. In an attempt to discover levels of intake compatible with health it was decided to carry out a survey of the dietary needs of elderly women living alone, and to make a clinical assessment of the subjects. The survey results are ...
This second conference was presented with very definite and deliberately chosen terms of reference to form the basis of the papers and discussions. These were: 1) in the changing context of hospital administration what are the most important problems of today?; 2) how are these problems being dealt with and ...
In 1961 King Edward's Hospital Fund undertook a study to look at the application of electronic computers to hospital practice. The committee also met to develop an integrated management information and accounting system suitable for operation by computers. The document is divided into three sections, the first of which looks ...
This booklet is for wardens and matrons who are catering for elderly people in residential accommodation and who seek guidance about changes in diet which may be necessary. the first few paragraphs are concerned with general principles of feeding elderly people and the remainder of the booklet gives more detailed ...
This publication gives notes for guidance in relation to training programmes at a Unit hospital. Outlines for the training in the following departments is given: medical records, accident and emergency department, wards, operating theatres, pharmacy department, x-ray department and pathology department, domestic services, stores and nursing administration. Suggested reading is ...
Part I of this directory contains homes within the four Metropolitan Hospital Regions and the Wessex Region arranged alphabetically according to the name of the town or the village in which the home is situated. Where there is more than Home in a particular town, they are arranged in alphabetical ...