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This chapter describes the efforts which have been made to improve the quality of life for continuing-care patients in Roxbourne Hospital, Harrow, Middlesex, England. This hospital, like many other long-stay units for the elderly, was built about 100 years ago and was designed for fever and isolation patients. The buildings are all single-storey, with a number of interconnecting rooms of different sizes. Over the years the accommodation has been adapted to create a number of small wards containing between four to eight beds. Since 1974 there has been a continuing programme of upgrading accommodation and furnishings, providing King’s Fund beds, lockers with wardrobe space, brighter and more cheerful curtains and bedcovers.
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Denham, M.J. and Jeffreys, P.M. (1972) Routine mental testing in the elderly. Mod. Geriat., 2, 275–9.
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Glossop, E.S. (1991). Roxbourne Hospital. In: Denham, M.J. (eds) Care of the Long-Stay Elderly Patient. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-3380-5_16
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