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Peer reviewedMallya, Ashok; Fitz, Don – Gerontologist, 1987
Presents Project Adapt, a psychogeriatric rehabilitation service developed to integrate assessment, behavior and medication management, and outcome evaluation to meet needs of mentally ill in nursing homes. Notes that mental health staff perceived significantly more improvement among participating nursing home residents than among those not…
Descriptors: Geriatrics, Individual Needs, Institutionalized Persons, Mental Disorders
