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Suicidal behaviour in nursing homes
— a survey in a region of north-east Italy | | Author(s) | Paolo Scocco, Monica Rapattoni, Giovanna Fantoni |
| Journal title | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 21, no 4, April 2006 |
| Pages | pp 307-311 |
| Source | http://www.interscience.wiley.com |
| Keywords | Suicide ; Nursing homes ; Mental health [elderly] ; Social characteristics [elderly] ; Italy. |
| Annotation | Structured interviews were completed with nursing home (NH) managers in the Veneto region of Italy, inquiring about NH staff and management characteristics, mental health care available and the number of completed or attempted suicides (AS) in 2001 made by residents aged 65+, occurring either inside or outside NHs. All NHs which reported suicidal events were asked for additional information. In the study period, 5 completed suicides and 8 AS were reported. All but one suicide and one AS had a history of mental disorders. 7 subjects had been living in a NH for less than a year. There were no significant differences in the frequency of suicidal events between NHs which employed or did not employ mental health workers. The suicide rate found in this NH sample is much higher than the rate reported by the Italian National Statistics Institute for the age 65+ population of the Veneto region in 2001, and is similar to the rate reported in a previous study conducted in another country. In Veneto, NH behavioural control of residents, lack of access to a variety of means used for suicidal purposes and medical supervision does not seem to have protected the NH population from suicidal risks. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-060609201 A |
| Classmark | EV: LHB: D: F: 76V |
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