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Freedom for living
- Author:
- TOMLINSON D.
- Journal article citation:
- Health Service Journal, 28.3.91, 1991, pp.24-25.
- Publisher:
- Emap Healthcare
Questions the general belief that longstay patients leaving psychiatric hospitals have different needs of mentally ill people who have been maintained in the community.
What happens afterwards?
- Author:
- GOLDIE Nick
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 4.1.90, 1990, pp.14-15.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Reports on a survey in the contact long-stay psychiatric patients have with mental health services following their discharge from hospital.
Sheltered islanders
- Author:
- WEDDLE Ian
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work Today, 1990, pp.11-13.
- Publisher:
- British Association of Social Workers
A very sheltered housing unit has opened in the Shetland Islands, enabling former long-stay psychiatric patients to move back from mainland hospitals.
Worcester Development Project : the closure and replacement of a mental hospital
- Authors:
- MILNER George, HASSALL Christine
- Journal article citation:
- Health Trends, 22(4), 1990, pp.141-145.
- Publisher:
- Office for National Statistics
Summarises and analyses a study of the closure of a hospital for mentally ill people and its replacement by general hospital psychiatric units and community care services.
Essex hospital discharge survey
- Author:
- McLEAN Catherine A.
- Journal article citation:
- Social Services Research, 2, 1988, pp.13-17.
- Publisher:
- Social Services Research Group
Reports on a research study which traced 100 ex-psychiatric patients discharged from two hospitals and now living in the community. Interviews were conducted with the ex-patients and informal carers to identify help and services provided following discharge and the person's own analysis of what would be helpful.
Facing the realities of life in a psychiatric hospital
- Author:
- BRANDON D.
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work Today, 15.12.86, 1986, pp.10-11.
- Publisher:
- British Association of Social Workers
Analysis key elements in improving community care.
Important to quality of patients' lives
- Author:
- HUXLEY P.
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work Today, 22.9.86, 1986, p.10.
- Publisher:
- British Association of Social Workers
Looks at some of the difficulties in maintaining and assessing quality of life of mentally ill people transferred to community care.
Staff perceptions of successful management of severe behavioral problems in dementia special care units
- Authors:
- FOLEY Kristie long, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Dementia: the International Journal of Social Research and Practice, 2(1), February 2003, pp.105-124.
- Publisher:
- Sage
Factors that promote successful management of persons with severe behavioral problems in special care units (SCUs) for dementia were evaluated. Using qualitative data from staff interviews conducted in 36 nursing home SCUs, the study examined the relationships among demographic and behavioral characteristics of 70 residents, management techniques of the staff, and family participation in the management of persons with severe behavioral problems. Problem behaviors were often managed successfully in SCUs, although unpredictable aggression was particularly difficult to control and was a common reason for discharge.
Like a pebble tossed into a pool
- Author:
- BATES Peter
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 8.11.90, 1990, pp.14-16.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Looks at the work of Mapperley Hospital's vocational rehabilitation centre which helps long-term psychiatric patients return to work.
Leaving long stay hospitals
- Author:
- -
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 27.10.88, 1988, pp.i-vii.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Various short articles on how discharge from long-stay mental illness and mental handicap hospitals has happened throughout the country, how it can affect the individuals, and research into how those individuals themselves feel about their discharge.