title: [Day care, the day care patient and his partner].
abstract: The aim of this contribution is to examine what the consequences are of an admission to a psychogeriatric dayhospital for a patient and his partner. In the first place attention has been payed to some complicating factors: on the one side the organization and function of daycare among other institutions, on the other side, at greater length, the direct care to a patient and his partner. Then, an account has been given of a pilotstudy regarding the experience of a patient and his partner in case of an admission to a psychogeriatric dayhospital. By way of literature research, information from family- and patient-meetings and Grid-data, it has been found that it is significant to involve the family in an over-all treatment, in the first place because family can give relevant supplying information; in the second place because an admission can be problematic to such an extent that a partner needs support too. Besides, the carrying-capacity of the family is of crucial importance in case of a daycare-situation. It was further put that more research has to be done into the psychological processes of an admission.
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000368:Aged; D003631:Day Care, Medical / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000523:psychology; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D009426:Netherlands; D010343:Patient Admission; D010361:Patients / Q000523:psychology; D012649:Self Concept
vernacular_title: De dagbehandeling, de dagebhandelingspatiënt en zijn partner.