Thesis
Is There a Home For Dependent Chronically Mentally Ill Elders in the Twenty First Century? A Review of the Literature and Clinical Practice
Washington State University
Master of Nursing (MN), Washington State University
05/2001
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/3753
Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to focus on what constitutes a successful residential option for the chronically mentally ill elderly (CMIE). Alternative residential facilities for the dependent CMIE who do not suffer from primary dementia were examined. This was done by a review of the literature and clinical practice. Community based programs that offer support to the CMIE who are at high risk of residential placement but live independently, are explored. Several types of alternative residential options to institutionalized care, and the importance of nursing care for the CMIE, are described. The importance of a comprehensive mental health assessment of the CMIE at the time of referral to the program or facility, and the value of ongoing consultation by a nurse specialist are discussed as two highly significant factors to successful mental health treatment in community based programs and alternative residential facilities.
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- Title
- Is There a Home For Dependent Chronically Mentally Ill Elders in the Twenty First Century? A Review of the Literature and Clinical Practice
- Creators
- Carla Louise Novak
- Contributors
- Elizabeth Le Cuyer-Maus (Advisor)
- Awarding Institution
- Washington State University
- Academic Unit
- Research Projects, College of Nursing
- Theses and Dissertations
- Master of Nursing (MN), Washington State University
- Publisher
- Washington State University; Spokane, Washington
- Identifiers
- 99900590536601842
- Copyright
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us; Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 US)
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Thesis