Nursing home care for mental patients

Descriptive data and some propositions

Bibliographic Data

ID11054849
AuthorsWilliam R Shadish (Department of Psychology Memphis State University 3815 Memphis TN, corresponding author), Roger B Straw (Bowman Grey School of Medicine Bowman USA), A John McSweeny (West Virginia University Virginia USA), Diane L Koller (Northwestern University USA), Richard R Bootzin (Northwestern University USA)
Year1981
Volume9
Issue5
Pages617-633
Publication date1981-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Community Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0091-0562 • E-ISSN: 1573-2770
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1007/bf00896480
PMID7304504
OpenAlexW2082207510
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited12

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, treatment, residents, discharge, psychosocial climate, and neighborhood characteristics. Results suggested a clear difference between skilled nursing versus intermediate care facilities, with the latter playing a larger role in caring for mental patients. More important, data suggested such facilities play primarily a custodial rather than treatment role, and that managers expect patients in nursing homes to stay indefinitely. In view of this, our justifications for community care, such as social integration, need to be examined anew

Descriptive research · Descriptive statistics · Health psychology · Mental health · Nursing care · Nursing homes · Nursing research · Psychiatry · Psychosocial · Public health · Sociology · Staffing · Team nursing · Family Caregiving in Mental Illness · Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Schizophrenia research and treatment

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