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Peer reviewedGurian, B.; Chanowitz, B. – Gerontologist, 1987
Describes sub-acute diagnostic and treatment nursing home program for difficult to manage older adults with medical and psychiatric illness. Notes that assessment and discharge can be completed within seven months, and that among sample population studied, almost equal percentages were discharged to state institutions, remained in the study home,…
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Deinstitutionalization (of Disabled), Geriatrics, Mental Disorders
