Peace S M
Health Trends. 1982 Nov;14(4):92-5.
This paper presents an overview of the current provision of day hospitals for the elderly mentally ill. By reviewing available literature the author attempts to answer a series of questions--Why is there a need for the psychogeriatric day hospital? What are the aims of those who run them? Who attends? What do they do all day? How do they get there? Who works in the day hospital? Is the service fulfilling its function? The paper ends with a consideration of how such day services may best be used in the future, and suggests that day hospitals may offer a most effective service to those elderly people with active support in the community. For this group of patients, maintenance for as long as possible within the community may be achieved through early assessment, diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation, coupled with regular respite for the caregiver, and the day hospital provides an ideal setting for such a programme.
本文概述了目前为老年精神病患者提供日间医院服务的情况。通过回顾现有文献，作者试图回答一系列问题——为什么需要老年精神病日间医院？运营者的目标是什么？哪些人会去？他们一整天都做什么？他们如何前往？谁在日间医院工作？这项服务是否履行了其职能？本文最后思考了这类日间服务在未来如何能得到最佳利用，并指出日间医院可能会在社区积极支持下为那些老年人提供最有效的服务。对于这类患者群体，通过早期评估、诊断、治疗和康复，再加上为照顾者提供定期喘息机会，有可能在社区内尽可能长时间地维持其状态，而日间医院为这样一个项目提供了理想的环境。
