Nursing homes play an important role in the community-based care of chronic mental patients, yet there is little research in that setting. The present study gathered and analyzed descriptive data on 20 nursing homes in a large urban area, including data about structure, staffing, policy, ...
Five hundred and twenty-six patients in 112 nursing homes in four US metropolitan areas were sampled. Overall, the prevalence of mental disorder was found to be 68%; 39% of the patients had a diagnosis of organic brain syndrome (OBS) and 29% had other mental disorders (OMD). Only about...
A reanalysis of data from the 1977 National Nursing Home Survey, including data not available earlier, led to an estimate that 668,000 chronic mentally ill patients reside in nursing homes. Several subpopulations of nursing home residents were also identified and compared, which showed, for instance...
R. Mental patients in nursing homes: II. Intellectual impairment and physical illness, journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 1969, 17, 45-55... BA Stotsky,JR Dominick - 《Journal of the American Geriatrics Society》 被引量: 5发表: 1969年 MENTAL PATIENTS IN NURSING HOMES. II. INTELLECT...
Nursing home patients with serious mental illness (SMI) tend to command a high level of medical and end-of-life services, in addition to their apparent need for psychiatric care. Advance care plans document a person's wishes regarding treatment choices or identify a proxy for healthcare decision...
There are many kinds of therapy for those struggling with their mental health. CBS News' Leah Mishkin shows us a unique approach making a big impact at nursing homes in England - therapy ponies. Dec 6, 2024 01:30 Florida hospitals in Hurricane Milton's path prepare for worst Hospitals...
Recent opinion suggests that the facto mental-health policy in this country is institutionalization, rhetoric to the contrary notwithstanding. The nursing-home industry is the center of that policy. More patients with chronic may reside in, and more mental-health money may go to, nursing homes tha...
As the elderly population continues grow, the number of individuals in nursing homes will also grow. The nurse and other healthcare professionals will come... SC Siegrist - Dissertations & Theses - Gradworks 被引量: 6发表: 2008年 Caregivers burden in nursing homes for patients with dementia: ...
Purpose: Mental health problems are pervasive in nursing homes (NHs), but little is known regarding the delivery of mental health services in these settings. To fill this gap in knowledge, we conducted a survey of NH administrative personnel views on mental health services use. Design and method...
Hospital psychiatric staffs can effectively share their expertise with nursing homes. One hospital's psychiatric out-reach program has reduced patient management problems at participating nursing homes, improved patients and staff morale, changed staff attitudes, garnered physician support, and extended serv...