Nursing Homes and Chronic Mental Patients: A Second Opinion

Mental Health Treatment in Nursing Homes

Feasibility of a mental practice intervention in stroke patients in nursing homes; a process evaluation

BACKGROUND Within a multi-centre randomised controlled trial in three nursing homes, a process evaluation of a mental practice intervention was conducted. The main aims were to determine if the intervention was performed according to the framework and to describe the therapists' and participants' experiences with and opinions on the intervention. METHODS The six week mental practice intervent...

Holiday Homes for Mental Patients

Secretary, Central Association for Mental Welfare. Jl would not be far from the truth to say that for the vast majority of workers, and of more leisured folk too for that matter, the annual holiday occupies for some considerable time during the year, the forefront of their thoughts, first in anticipation and planning; then in realisation and enjoyment; and then, after it is over, in the sorting...

Relationship of Design and Architectural Factors of Nursing Homes With the Mental Health of Their Residents

Objectives Disregarding the quality of nursing homes can affect the mental health of older people living there. This study aimed to determine the relationship between the designing and architecture of nursing homes with the residents’ mental health. Methods & Materials This research was descriptive-correlational. With purposeful sampling, we selected 158 elderly residents of the nursing homes ...

Chronic illness among residents of nursing and personal care homes.

Statistics on number of chronic conditions and impairments, mobility status, time interval since resident last saw doctor, length of stay, primary type of service, nurse or nurse's aide on duty, supervisory nurse, and level of patient care in nursing and personal care homes Based on data collected from insti­ tutions during the period May-June 1964. COOPERATlONOFTHEBUREAUOFTHECENSUS Under the l...