The Psychogeriatric Assessment and Treatment in City Housing (PATCH) program for elders with mental illness in public housing: getting through the crack in the door.
Arch Psychiatr Nurs
; 14(4): 163-72, 2000 Aug.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-10969636
ABSTRACT
Psychogeriatric Assessment and Treatment in City Housing (PATCH) is an outreach program targeting elderly public housing residents who need mental health care. The PATCH model relies on educating housing personnel to serve as case finders, providing in-home psychiatric evaluation and treatment, and addressing medical and social comorbidities through case management by psychiatric nurses. An examination of PATCH interventions suggests that the program's success is due to its emphasis on (1) educating patients, housing personnel, and caregivers about patients' illnesses and need for treatment and support; and (2) coordinating care among housing staff members, patients' caregivers and their primary medical providers.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Psychiatric Nursing
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Public Housing
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Geriatric Assessment
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Community-Institutional Relations
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Community Mental Health Services
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Case Management
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Mental Disorders
Type of study:
Diagnostic_studies
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Evaluation_studies
Limits:
Aged
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Aged80
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Female
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Humans
/
Male
Country/Region as subject:
America do norte
Language:
En
Journal:
Arch Psychiatr Nurs
Journal subject:
ENFERMAGEM
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PSIQUIATRIA
Year:
2000
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
United States