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Direct linkMolinari, Victor A.; Merritt, Stacy S.; Mills, Whitney L.; Chiriboga, David A.; Conboy, Ann; Hyer, Kathryn; Becker, Marion A. – Gerontology & Geriatrics Education, 2008
This study examined how the mental health needs of nursing home (NH) residents with serious mental illness (SMI) are addressed. Data were collected from three sources: interviews with 84 SMI stakeholders; surveys of 206 NH staff members; and focus groups at two psychiatry specialty NHs. Four common themes emerged: placement of older adults with…
Descriptors: Health Needs, Mental Disorders, Focus Groups, Psychiatry
Peer reviewedElwell, Frank – Gerontologist, 1986
Examines the impact of isolated patient transfers on institutional dependency. The patient sample consisted of 108 transfers and 759 long-term patients in a variety of old age institutions in New York state. Analysis revealed that transfer per se does not affect subsequent dependency. (Author)
Descriptors: Health Needs, Institutionalized Persons, Nursing Homes, Older Adults
Mossbarger, Brad – Educational Gerontology, 2005
Terminology in the Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF) Scale of DSM-IV often is irrelevant to the realities of nursing homes, assisted living centers, and similar facilities in which residents encounter stressors that are unique to their living environment and circumstances. As the mental health needs of long-term care residents are…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Nursing Homes, Health Needs, Mental Health
Download full textIllinois State Dept. of Public Aid, Springfield. – 1987
This booklet provides a description of 14 projects which were awarded funds during fiscal year 1987 for collaborative research in long-term care to find new ways to treat long-term care patients in Illinois nursing homes. It includes the organization or institution receiving the award, an abstract of the research proposal, and the name of the…
Descriptors: Alzheimers Disease, Deinstitutionalization (of Disabled), Facilities Management, Health Needs
