How Many Nursing Home Residents Live With a Mental Illness?

2009 ◽  
Vol 60 (7) ◽  
pp. 958-964 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ann D. Bagchi ◽  
James M. Verdier ◽  
Samuel E. Simon
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Nursing Home ◽  
Nursing Home Residents

Quality of Care for Florida Nursing Home Residents With Serious Mental Illness

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathy Hyer ◽  
Christopher Johnson ◽  
Victor A. Molinari ◽  
Marion Becker
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Nursing Home ◽  
Quality Of Care ◽  
Serious Mental Illness ◽  
Nursing Home Residents

scholarly journals Nursing Home Social Work With Residents With Severe Mental Illness, Thoughts of Suicide, or Dementia

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 117-117
Author(s):  
Mercedes Bern-Klug ◽  
Amy Restorick Roberts
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Nursing Home ◽  
Severe Mental Illness ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Nursing Home Residents ◽  
Severe Depression ◽  
Psychosocial Needs ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Nationally Representative

Abstract Many of the close to 3 million persons who receive care in a U.S. nursing home in any given year face mental-health-related challenges that range from minor to severe. One of the core professionals involved with care planning for the psychosocial needs of nursing home residents with mental health concerns is the social worker. Reporting data from a 2019 nationally representative survey of nursing home social services directors, this session provides information about the training needs of nursing home social workers in terms of their work with residents diagnosed with a severe mental illness such as schizophrenia or severe depression, residents who are suicidal, and residents with dementia.

Behavioral Disturbances of Dementia in the Nursing Home

1997 ◽  
Vol 8 (S3) ◽  
pp. 435-437 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barry W. Rovner
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Nursing Home ◽  
Nursing Homes ◽  
Patient Population ◽  
Mental Hospital ◽  
Nursing Home Residents ◽  
Behavioral Disturbances ◽  
Mental Hospitals ◽  
Type Of Behavior

In the early part of this century, Alzheimer described a 51-year-old woman who experienced a rapidly increasing loss of memory. She could no longer find her way around her home. She carried objects back and forth, and hid them. At times, she thought someone wanted to kill her and began shrieking loudly. This type of behavior certainly would have been a strain for the woman's husband. If he could no longer care for his wife, his principal option was to place her in a mental hospital. Today, patients with Alzheimer's disease who require institutionalization are more likely to be admitted to a nursing home. However, because most patients in nursing homes have some type of mental illness, nursing homes, by default, serve as mental hospitals. The increasing number of nursing home residents with dementia prompted the author and colleagues to examine behavioral disturbances in this patient population.

Erratum: Hearing Levels among Elderly Nursing Home Residents

1980 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronald L. Schow ◽  
Michael A. Nerbonne
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Home ◽  
Nursing Home Residents ◽  
Male And Female

In the February 1980 issue of this journal, the report by Ronald L. Schow and Michael A. Nerbonne ("Hearing Levels Among Elderly Nursing Home Residents") contains an error. On page 128, the labels "Male" and "Female" in Table 2 should be reversed.

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