Maintenance as treatment: the Fennell Program Day Centre.
After discussing maintenance as an appropriate treatment philosophy for treating the long-term chronically mentally disabled, the authors describe a day centre based on this approach. Resources and costs, the target population, clients and their needs, activities, and referral and back-up procedures are reviewed. The article concludes with a look at some of the problem areas and benefits involved in a program using a maintenance approach.
D003156:Community Mental Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003631:Day Care, Medical / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006746:Hospital Bed Capacity, 500 and over; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000534:rehabilitation; D009864:Ontario