Learning to live in a therapeutic community: a study of elderly inpatients.

Journal Article (Journal Article)

Fifty-two elderly mental patients in a state hospital were transferred to a new milieu ward. In order to evaluate patient success in the unit, three outcome categories were defined nine months after the unit opened: discharge to the community, adjustment to the setting, and return to the previous ward. Despite the unit's emphasis on performance criteria for success, staff evaluations of the patients' personality rather than the patients' achievement of the behavioural criteria, accounted for success in the setting.

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Duke Authors

Cited Authors

  • Smyer, MA; Siegler, IC

Published Date

  • 1976

Published In

Volume / Issue

  • 7 / 3

Start / End Page

  • 231 - 235

PubMed ID

  • 1002328

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

  • 0091-4150

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.2190/HFYD-YE6P-YBLM-UH4H

Language

  • eng

Conference Location

  • United States