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Assessment of Dependence in Activities of Daily Living Among Older Patients in an Acute Care Unit
Published on: September 30, 2020
[Social care for patients hospitalized in units for difficult patients]
Françoise Nolla-Vilella1, Laura Fleury2, Amandine Sadras-Neret2
1Unité pour malades difficiles (UMD), Pôle de psychiatrie médico-légale, Centre hospitalier de Cadillac, 10 avenue Joseph-Caussil, 33410 Cadillac, France; Unité de soins intensifs psychiatriques (Usip), Pôle de psychiatrie médico-légale (PPML), Centre hospitalier de Cadillac, 10 avenue Joseph-Caussil, 33410 Cadillac, France; Institut psycho-judiciaire et de psychopathologie (IPJP), Centre hospitalier de Cadillac, 10 avenue Joseph-Caussil, 33410 Cadillac, France.
Abstract:
The units for difficult patients are secure psychiatric wards that receive people suffering from mental illnesses with a risk of dangerous behaviour. Within the framework of the global care of these patients, the intervention of social service assistants plays an essential role. The objective is to induce the psychosocial benefits necessary for the stabilization and evolution of these patients.
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