Evidence-based practices and implementation

in Older People's Mental Health

: from a carer's perspective

Clifford Greenhalgh, a member of the Carers' Forum of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, discusses his time as a carer for his wife Freda who suffered from Alzheimer's and the problems that she had during that time. Freda died in January 2009.

Clifford believes that many of the difficulties that Freda experienced could have been alleviated if evidence-based practices had been used.

Involvement in a wide range of older person's mental health organisations has increased Clifford's knowledge of the poor quality of the provision of mental health care for this diverse group. Specific examples are described of what can be done to improve the situation.

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