title: [Psychogeriatric hospitalization].
abstract: A pessimistic view is not acceptable in psychogeriatrics, even in the field of senile dementia. There is a need for specialized psychogeriatric units, allowing a multifocal approach of these patients. This is illustrated by the report of the methodology developed at the Psychogeriatric Center "Le Pérî" (Liège). For 12 years, a multidisciplinary approach has been in use, to precisely evaluate the clinical picture and to properly design a therapeutic strategy for demented patients, in order to improve their residual capacities and, if possible, to discharge them from hospital.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001530:Belgium; D003688:Deinstitutionalization; D003704:Dementia / Q000534:rehabilitation / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D005852:Geriatric Psychiatry; D006757:Hospital Units; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male
vernacular_title: L'hospitalisation psychogériatrique.