Geropsychiatric public sector nursing: placement challenges.
1. The nursing home eligible resident, who has experienced long periods of institutional living in state hospitals and many unsuccessful placements in nursing home facilities, presents a challenge in developing a viable community treatment plan. 2. Mental health consultations with nursing home staff are valuable resources for developing and implementing additional behavioral management interventions. 3. Collaborative efforts of public sector health care agencies have resulted in a cost effective approach to decreasing hospital admissions and recidivism and increasing community tenure of geropsychiatric residents.
D000368:Aged; D003156:Community Mental Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006707:Homes for the Aged / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000451:nursing*; D009735:Nursing Homes / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010360:Patient Transfer; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing; D014861:Washington