| |
Centre for Policy on Ageing | |
 | |
|
| Characteristics and care of US nursing home residents with a history of chronic mental illness | | Author(s) | Charles D Phillips, Kathleen M Spry |
| Journal title | Canadian Journal on Aging, vol 19, supplement 2, Fall 2000 |
| Pages | pp 1-17 |
| Keywords | Residents [care homes] ; Chronic illness ; Social characteristics [elderly] ; Nursing homes ; Management [care] ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Little research has focused on nursing home residents with a history including a non-dementia related chronic mental illness (HCMI) that manifested before placement in a nursing home. Data from the 1993 Minimum Data Set for Nursing Home Resident Assessment and Care Screening (MDS) on more than 70,000 residents in Kansas, Maine, Mississippi, and South Dakota were used to investigate differences in characteristics and care between these residents and more traditional residents. HCMI residents were more likely to be aged under 65, male, Medicaid recipients, less functionally impaired, to exhibit higher levels of problem behaviours, and to receive psychoactive medications and psychological therapy, though therapy prevalence rates were low. These data may indicate the appropriate care for HCMI residents is a concern. (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-010219201 A |
| Classmark | KX: CI: F: LHB: QA: 7T |
Data © Centre for Policy on Ageing |
|
| ...from the Ageinfo database published by Centre for Policy on Ageing. |
| |
|