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Treatment approaches with the psychiatric elderly
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
|July 1, 1977
Summary
This review explores cost-effective geropsychiatric treatment modalities for elderly patients. It focuses on interventions that avoid requiring extra staff or facility expansions, addressing budget constraints in mental healthcare.
Area of Science:
- Geriatric Psychiatry
- Mental Health Services Research
Background:
- Comprehensive rehabilitation programs for psychiatric elderly often necessitate increased personnel and facility expansion.
- Many institutions face significant limitations in funding and staffing for such programs.
Purpose of the Study:
- To review geropsychiatric treatment modalities that are feasible within existing resource constraints.
- To identify interventions for chronically ill elderly psychiatric patients that do not require additional expenditures for specialized facilities.
Main Methods:
- Literature review of existing treatment approaches for geropsychiatric patients.
- Focus on modalities adaptable to limited personnel and funding.
Main Results:
- Identified various treatment approaches applicable without expanding facilities or personnel.
- Highlighted cost-effective strategies for managing chronically ill geropsychiatric patients.
Conclusions:
- Effective geropsychiatric care is achievable without substantial financial investment in new facilities or staff.
- Resource-conscious treatment modalities can successfully address the needs of chronically ill elderly psychiatric patients.