scholarly journals Inpatient Milieu Therapy: Considerations for Adolescent and Transitional Age Youth

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-16
Author(s):  
Hun Millard ◽  
Susan Parke ◽  
Cynthia Wilson ◽  
Zheala Qayyum ◽  
Hyun Jung Kim ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hospital Setting ◽  
Inpatient Unit ◽  
Hospital Treatment ◽  
Transitional Age Youth ◽  
Milieu Therapy ◽  
Patient Acuity ◽  
Therapeutic Milieu ◽  
Treatment Considerations ◽  
Transitional Age ◽  
Milieu Treatment

Background and Goals: The role of milieu therapy on inpatient treatment has become more prominent due to the changing landscape of hospital care, with shorter length of stay, higher patient acuity, and rapid turnover. The modern inpatient unit promotes less individual psychotherapy with the psychiatrist or therapist, and more milieu and group based treatment that emphasizes acute stabilization. Methods: The authors share some of the core domains that provide the basic framework for milieu treatment within an acute care setting when working with adolescents and transitional age youth (TAY), with the aim to share clinical considerations for milieu therapy and offer practical ideas for implementation in clinical practice. Discussion: The therapeutic milieu and collaboration of an interdisciplinary team has a significant impact on hospital treatment. Considerations for milieu therapy implementation in an inpatient unit include developmentally informed concepts related to milieu treatment of adolescents and TAY patients in a hospital setting.

scholarly journals The Inpatient Unit in a Cancer Center

2021 ◽  
pp. 15-20
Author(s):  
Mohamed A. Kharfan-Dabaja
Keyword(s):  
Hospital Setting ◽  
Hematologic Malignancies ◽  
Inpatient Unit ◽  
Cancer Center ◽  
Inpatient Setting ◽  
Cancer Therapies ◽  
Efficient Manner ◽  
Delivery Of Care ◽  
Complex Needs ◽  
Main Components

AbstractDespite emergence of effective novel cancer therapies that can be administered outside the hospital setting for various solid tumor and hematologic malignancies, a significant number of patients still require treatment in the inpatient setting, owing to the nature of the treatment, duration, and frequency, or to the level of supportive care required to administer such treatments, among others. Apart from specialized trained physicians and nurses, the number of inpatient team services has expanded significantly to meet the complex needs of patients and their families. We acknowledge that there is no universal model for how an inpatient unit should be built and developed; it depends on financial resources, population density, and societal factors, among others. Here, we describe the main components of an inpatient unit in a cancer center. The ultimate goal must be to provide a safe environment for cancer patients and to facilitate delivery of care in an efficient manner.

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