Older adults and their families in a community mental health center: strategies for intervention.
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Hamrick, K; Blazer, D
Published in: Hosp Community Psychiatry
May 1980
Clinicians at a geriatric evaluation and treatment clinic include the patient's family in all stages of assessment and intervention so that the family can ultimately assume much of the responsibility for care. The family's strengths and weaknesses and its potential as a caretaker are assessed through a questionnaire and interviews. The major intervention techniques include explaining the patient's impairment and capabilities to the family, coordinating needed community resources, encouraging respite activities, allowing relatives to work through their own feelings, and taking responsibility for decision-making when necessary. A case history illustrates the assessment and intervention techniques.
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Hosp Community Psychiatry
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ISSN
0022-1597
Publication Date
May 1980
Volume
31
Issue
5
Start / End Page
332 / 335
Location
United States
Related Subject Headings
- Professional-Family Relations
- Patient Participation
- Mental Disorders
- Interpersonal Relations
- Humans
- Female
- Family Therapy
- Family
- Community Mental Health Centers
- Aged
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Hamrick, K., & Blazer, D. (1980). Older adults and their families in a community mental health center: strategies for intervention. Hosp Community Psychiatry, 31(5), 332–335. https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.31.5.332
Hamrick, K., and D. Blazer. “Older adults and their families in a community mental health center: strategies for intervention.” Hosp Community Psychiatry 31, no. 5 (May 1980): 332–35. https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.31.5.332.
Hamrick K, Blazer D. Older adults and their families in a community mental health center: strategies for intervention. Hosp Community Psychiatry. 1980 May;31(5):332–5.
Hamrick, K., and D. Blazer. “Older adults and their families in a community mental health center: strategies for intervention.” Hosp Community Psychiatry, vol. 31, no. 5, May 1980, pp. 332–35. Pubmed, doi:10.1176/ps.31.5.332.
Hamrick K, Blazer D. Older adults and their families in a community mental health center: strategies for intervention. Hosp Community Psychiatry. 1980 May;31(5):332–335.
Published In
Hosp Community Psychiatry
DOI
ISSN
0022-1597
Publication Date
May 1980
Volume
31
Issue
5
Start / End Page
332 / 335
Location
United States
Related Subject Headings
- Professional-Family Relations
- Patient Participation
- Mental Disorders
- Interpersonal Relations
- Humans
- Female
- Family Therapy
- Family
- Community Mental Health Centers
- Aged