Treatment of Homebound Mentally Ill Elderly Patients: The Multidisciplinary Psychiatric Mobile Team

Authors evaluated the general feasibility of using a multidisciplinary psychiatric mobile team model for homebound elderly patients. Information was collected with a semistructured interview on 235 homebound elderly patient referrals over a 2.5-year period. Ninety-three subjects were accepted into t...

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Published in:The American journal of geriatric psychiatry 2002-07, Vol.10 (4), p.469-475
Main Authors: Kohn, Robert, Goldsmith, Erika, Sedgwick, Thomas W.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aged
Female
Homebound Persons - psychology
Humans
Male
Mental Disorders - epidemiology
Mental Disorders - psychology
Mental Disorders - therapy
Mobile Health Units
Patient Care Team
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Summary:Authors evaluated the general feasibility of using a multidisciplinary psychiatric mobile team model for homebound elderly patients. Information was collected with a semistructured interview on 235 homebound elderly patient referrals over a 2.5-year period. Ninety-three subjects were accepted into the program; 12.9% of those accepted required psychiatric hospitalization during the follow-up. Maintaining individuals in the community was achieved with intense case management and significant increases in home-care hours. The multidisciplinary team approach appeared to lessen psychiatric disability in homebound mentally ill elderly patients.
ISSN:1064-7481
1545-7214
DOI:10.1097/00019442-200207000-00013