Treatment approaches with the psychiatric elderly

In reviewing the literature on treatment approaches with the psychiatric elderly, a large number of studies were found which espouse comprehensive rehabilitation programs that usually require supplementation of existing personnel and expansion of facilities. Although some agencies and institutions are fortunate in securing the needed funds for such program implementation, most others face the reality of limited personnel and funding cutbacks. This paper briefly reviews modalities which do not demand additional expenditures for specialized facilities in the treatment of chronically ill geropsychiatric patients.