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Implications of a Mental Health Intervention for Elderly Mentally Ill Residents of Residential Care Facilities
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Implications of a Mental Health Intervention for Elderly Mentally Ill Residents of Residential Care Facilities

Leonard E. Gottesman, Ellen Peskin, Kathleen Kennedy and Jana Mossey
International journal of aging & human development, v 32(3), pp 229-245
Apr 1991
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2190/MXAQ-XKWT-BD4R-0EBT
PMID: 1905681
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Abstract

Unresolved issues of responsibility between mental health and aging systems, low priority within the mental health system for serving older RCF residents, and little expectation for the facility to be a treatment environment, all contribute to gaps in service delivery to mentally ill boarding home residents. This article reports the results of a two-year mental health intervention in RCFs. Findings show little intervention impact, but revealed that residents treated were generally socially marginal with weak ego skills, rather than significantly mentally ill. A more intensive program that restructures the facility's milieu to offer planned normal life demands and that models structured programs like milieu treatment, in situ treatment for the younger mentally ill, and programs for developmentally disabled persons is suggested.

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Gerontology
Psychology, Developmental
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