A Suggested Hospital Unit

Area security unit in a psychiatric hospital.

Since 1974 a psychiatric hospital security unit, designed to serve the whole catchment area, has cared for mentally ill (mostly psychotic) patients with disturbed behaviour that cannot be managed in open wards. There are a few long-term dangerous patients but most stay only briefly. The admission of women to the unit was not followed by the expected reduction in violence. The unit has facilitie...

Indian Hospital Unit in London

Suitability of healthcare robots for a dementia unit and suggested improvements.

OBJECTIVES To investigate the suitability of a new eldercare robot (Guide) for people with dementia and their caregivers compared with one that has been successfully used before (Paro), and to generate suggestions for improved robot enhanced dementia care. DESIGN Cross-sectional study. A researcher demonstrated both robots in a random order to each staff member alone, or to each resident toge...

The Role of a Geriatric Unit in a General Hospital

GREAT BRITAIN Year Men Women Total 1901 ... 1,071,519 ... 1,336,907 ... 2,408,426 1939 ... 2,511,200 ... 3,197,400 ... 5,708,60

Organization of a coronary care unit in a general hospital.