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Mental illness in assisted living
— challenges for quality of life and care | | Author(s) | Leslie A Morgan, Rosa Perez, Ann Christine Frankowski |
| Journal title | Journal of Housing for the Elderly, vol 30, no 2, April-June 2016 |
| Publisher | Taylor and Francis, April-June 2016 |
| Pages | pp 185-198 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Mental disorder ; Residents [care homes] ; Quality of life ; Sheltered housing ; Care homes ; Nursing homes ; Qualitative Studies ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | An unknown number of mentally ill older people in the United States receive care in assisted living, along with people facing physical or cognitive challenges. While dementia is familiar in assisted living, the authors' data indicate that neither staff nor residents are prepared to work or live with the mentally ill. Challenges are created for professionals, since these residents bring diverse needs. Daily inter-resident interactions are also disrupted or stressful. Qualitative data describe the impacts on quality of resident life, as well as care and management dilemmas identified within five assisted-living settings with a varying presence of mental illness among residents. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-160617216 A |
| Classmark | E: KX: F:59: KLA: KW: LHB: 3DP: 7T |
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