title: Psychiatric home care for the elderly.
abstract: This study summarizes descriptive information concerning an existing psychiatric home care service and lays the foundation for more sophisticated studies of elderly depressed persons who receive this type of long term care. Using existing medical record data, the demographic and clinical characteristics of the elderly patients using a multi-site home health care service are summarized, including: (1) their functional/psychiatric status, (2) their length of stay, (3) caregiver availability, (4) scope of multidisciplinary interventions provided, and (5) reasons for discharge. Prospective research of elderly persons receiving psychiatric home care is needed in the future.
authors.affiliation: Rush University College of Nursing, Chicago, IL 60612, USA.
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Farran
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Horton-Deutsch
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Fiedler
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Scott
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000368:Aged; D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology; D002641:Chicago; D003710:Demography; D003863:Depression / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000451:nursing*; D005260:Female; D016330:Frail Elderly / Q000523:psychology*; D018575:Home Care Services, Hospital-Based / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D018577:Homebound Persons / Q000523:psychology*; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing; D012189:Retrospective Studies