[Observation of psychogeriatric clients and home care service].
In cooperation with the community mental health care for the elderly clients are assessed in a day hospital of a psychogeriatric nursing home. Time and again, former clients of the day-hospital who have been discharged with a fair prognosis are admitted to a nursing home. This research indicates that it is sometimes hard to carry out the advice of the day-hospital because of insufficient knowledge concerning psychogeriatrics in primary care and homes for the aged, lack of day-care centres for psychogeriatric clients, lack of informal care and the detrimental influence of general hospital admission. Admittance to a nursing home may be prevented when care-providers receive more training in psychogeriatrics, more facilities like day-care centres are available and when the disorders of clients have a strong psychiatric component (compared with clients with cognitive disturbances).
Gerritsen
J C
JC
Vakgroep Gezondheidswetenschappen Rijksuniversiteit Groningen.
Wolffensperger
E W
EW
van den Heuvel
W J
WJ
Verhoeff
W A
WA
Dorgelo
M J
MJ
D000368:Aged; D003156:Community Mental Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003631:Day Care, Medical; D005260:Female; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007326:Institutionalization; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D009426:Netherlands; D009735:Nursing Homes / Q000600:supply & distribution; D000078329:Workforce
De observatie van psychogeriatrische cliënten en de zorgverlening thuis.