Nursing research in geriatric mental health.
As the population of older people in the world increases, concerns about the health and delivery of health care to these elderly people become increasingly more important. Geriatric mental health arose as a nursing specialty in response to this concern over the health of older adults. This paper focuses on a review of nursing literature relevant to the mental and cognitive health of older adults. Implications for current practice and future research are explored.
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Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106.
D000368:Aged; D005851:Geriatric Nursing; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000451:nursing; D008603:Mental Health; D009736:Nursing Process; D015399:Nursing Research / Q000639:trends*; D012307:Risk Factors