The Experiences of Clinicians Caring for Older Adults with Dual Diagnosis: An Exploratory Study.

This article explores the experiences of a clinical team providing care to older adults with dual diagnosis in Melbourne, Australia, through a semi-structured interview process. The participants described a number of systemic barriers to providing care to the older adults with dual diagnosis presenting to the mental health service, in addition to feeling poorly prepared and expressing a degree of clinical helplessness. Additionally, the participants described service improvement, which included a strong dual diagnosis culture in the leadership team of the mental health service and role modelling dual diagnosis competent practice among clinicians. PMID: 28766974 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Issues in Mental Health Nursing - Category: Nursing Tags: Issues Ment Health Nurs Source Type: research