Nursing home institutionalization: A source of eustress or distress for the elderly?

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 281-287

  Scocco, Paolo ^a,d   Rapattonoi, Monica ^b   Fantoni, Giovanna ^c  

^a Department of Mental Health ^*  (Italy)

^b Regional Centre for the Study of Brain Aging (CIRC)   (Italy)

^c Cooperativa Sociale Onlus   (Italy)

^d Department of Mental Health   (Italy)

Author keywords

Elderly; Follow up; Nursing home; Quality of life; Reasins for admission

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRIEF SYMPTOM INVENTORY; CAREGIVER; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEATH; DEPENDENT PERSONALITY DISORDER; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; INTERVIEW; LONELINESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MENTAL DETERIORATION; MENTAL DISEASE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; REFUSAL TO PARTICIPATE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COGNITION DISORDERS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; ITALY; LONELINESS; MALE; NURSING HOMES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 33645557753     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.1453     Document Type: Article

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