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(ii) Long Term Care
(a) Boarding Out Scheme
During the year a further 33 patients were placed in
lodgings under the scheme. Of these 23 were still boarded
out at the end of the year, 6 had moved on to other
accommodation outside the scheme, 2 had been re-admitted
to hospital and two had died.
The help and interest of the many landladies who
participate in this scheme are vital to its success and
appreciation of their work must be recorded. If the
scheme is to continue to expand additional landladies
will be required, and increasing difficulty in finding
them has to some extent limited the number of patients
placed during the year.
The scheme remains of great benefit to patients and
by the end of the year 132 persons had been helped by it
since its inception in 1962. The average weekly cost per
patient remains at about £1. 16s. Od.
(b) Small Group Homes
The first Small Group Home which was established in
1964 has continued to run very satisfactorily. The home
is rented from the Housing Department and the five residents
are supervised by the Boarding Out Officer. One
resident became ill during the year but has now recovered
and is back at work. The other residents have kept well
and all appear to have benefited from the support of the
home which has greatly facilitated their rehabilitation
in the community.
(c) Voluntary Homes
At the end of the year there were 28 patients placed
in long stay voluntary homes, and for whom the Corporation
had accepted financial responsibility, including 15
under the Mental After Care Association and 11 under the
Guardianship Society.
Social Work
From 1962 to 1965 Warlingham Park Hospital and the Local
Health Authority have by agreement staffed and operated a joint
social work service. This service was available to help mentally
disordered patients and their families whether or not the
patient was in hospital or undergoing medical treatment. The
scheme has proved beneficial in practice and in 1965 this informal
arrangement was given formal shape by a further agreement