[Activities of the day-care geriatric psychiatric hospital within the structure of the regional psycho-neurological hospital].

The authors analyze activities of the daytime gerontopsychiatric hospital as a new organizational form within the structure of the district psychoneurological dispensary. During 12 months, 70 patients were treated at the hospital. The demographic, nosological and syndromological characteristics of the patients are provided. A range of the clinical indications were determined for referral to the specialized semi-hospital with regard to the mental status, somatic pathology and social status of the patients.