The quality of assessment of older people with health and social care needs has for some time been a concern of policy makers, practitioners, older people and carers in the United Kingdom and internationally. This article seeks to address a key aspect of these concerns, namely whether sufficient expertise is deployed when, as a basis for a care plan and service allocation, an older person’s eli...

background: currently, orofacial sequelae are recognized as very influential on the qualityof- life for a victim of orofacial damage. therefore, correct forensic assessment for indenisation purposes is mandatory. however, orofacial damage is frequently reduced to organic components, which results in a forensic assessment process, which are inadequate. this study aims to improve the orofacial da...

OBJECTIVES Many existing healthcare interventions diffused before modern evidence-based standards of clinical- and cost-effectiveness. Disinvestment from ineffective or inappropriately applied practices is growing as a priority for international health policy, both for improved quality of care and sustainability of resource allocation. Australian policy stakeholders were canvassed to assess the...