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A need for social support. The chronically mentally ill institutionalized elderly.

J M Richter

    Journal of Gerontological Nursing
    |August 1, 1990
    PubMed
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    Nursing homes are crucial for community psychiatric care. Social reintegration opportunities and patient attention within reality orientation and therapeutic milieu interventions are more beneficial than the treatments themselves for elderly patients with chronic mental illness.

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    Area of Science:

    • Geriatric Psychiatry
    • Social Reintegration Strategies
    • Healthcare System Evaluation

    Background:

    • Nursing homes are increasingly central to community-based psychiatric care for the elderly.
    • Effective social reintegration is a critical, yet often unevaluated, aspect of care for institutionalized psychiatric patients.
    • Chronic mental illness in the elderly population presents unique challenges for community care models.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To evaluate the extent to which nursing homes provide opportunities for social reintegration for psychiatric patients.
    • To assess the impact of reality orientation and therapeutic milieu interventions on elderly, chronically mentally ill patients.
    • To determine the relative benefits of patient attention versus specific treatments within these interventions.

    Main Methods:

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    • The study focuses on evaluating nursing home care models for psychiatric patients.
    • Key interventions examined include reality orientation and therapeutic milieu.
    • The research assesses the provision of social reintegration opportunities and the impact of patient attention.

    Main Results:

    • Nursing homes play a significant role in the community care of psychiatric patients.
    • Reality orientation and therapeutic milieu are common interventions for elderly institutionalized patients with chronic mental illness.
    • Attention provided to patients within these interventions appears more beneficial than the treatments themselves.

    Conclusions:

    • Nursing homes must be evaluated for their capacity to foster social reintegration in psychiatric patients.
    • The quality of attention and social interaction within reality orientation and therapeutic milieu may be more impactful than the specific therapeutic techniques used.
    • Further research is needed to optimize nursing home care for social reintegration and well-being of the chronically mentally ill elderly.