| Autor: |
Travis, Shirley S., Clark, Warren G. |
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Journal of Gerontological Social Work; Jun1996, Vol. 25 Issue 3/4, p107-120, 14p |
| Abstrakt: |
All admissions in a 12-month period to the Geriatric Unit of a 270-bed State Psychiatric Hospital were followed for up to one year from the date of admission to examine metropolitan versus nonmetropolitan differences in: illness symptomatology and functional status at the time of admission, the frequency of interaction with family members during hospitalization, and admission and discharge migration patterns. Despite initial assumptions about the potentiallv negative effects of living in a nonmetropolitan area. patients were remarkably homogeneous with respect to severity of psychiatric symptomatology and functional status at the time of admission, and family support during hospitalization. At the time of discharge, both metropolitan and nonmetropolitan subgroups experienced shifts from community residences to sheltered/institutional environments. This finding appears to be indicative of widespread difficulty in returning elderly, psychiatric patients to community living arrangements after hospitalization, regardless of geographic origin. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER] |
| Databáze: |
Complementary Index |
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