[Comparison of need for care of sheltered home residents and patients in an ambulant psychiatric care unit].
OBJECTIVE
Are sheltered home residents and patients of an ambulant care unit distinguishable by measuring their need for care?


METHODS
N = 45 patients (30 patients of an ambulant care unit, among them 15 former residents of a sheltered home, and a parallelized sample of currently sheltered home residents) were examined with the "Integrierter Behandlungs- und Rehabilitationsplan" of the "Aktion Psychisch Kranke". Additionally, we assessed sociodemographic and illness related data and the reasons actually speaking against ambulant care.


RESULTS
In average need for care was estimated significantly higher for the residents of the sheltered home than for the patients of the ambulant care unit (F = 6.383; p = 0.004). However, 6 sheltered home residents could be identified, who had less need for care, but were not motivated to get discharged.


CONCLUSIONS
In the mean sheltered home residents and patients of an ambulant care unit are distinguishable by their need for care. However, other important factors for an ambulant care are the discharge motivation and the patients' ability to live alone respectively the existence of his or her social net.
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Zentrum für Psychiatrie Die Weissenau, Ravensburg.
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D000368:Aged; D000554:Ambulatory Care Facilities / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005260:Female; D016352:Group Homes / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D020380:Needs Assessment