Integrating mental health care into residential homes for the elderly: an analysis of six Dutch programs for older people with severe and persistent mental illness

Article Abstract:

Evaluation of six mental health service programs for nursing home residents in the Netherlands emphasizes communication difficulties between psychiatrists and nursing home staff due to different conceptualizations of medical care quality. The most successful program is that in which mental health professionals are assigned to nursing homes by psychiatric hospitals and remain operationally and administratively separate from nursing home management.

Netherlands, Management dynamics, Management, Company business management

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The American Geriatrics Society and American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry recommendations for policies in support of quality mental health care in U.S. nursing homes

Article Abstract:

The article lists standards of mental health care recommended by the American Geriatrics Society and the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry for nursing home patients. These include standards for screening, assessment, and referral; incentives for providers; insurance for residents; nursing home staff training; and quality measures.

Strategy & planning, Government domestic functions, Public affairs, Planning, Political activity, Social policy, Company business planning, American Geriatrics Society, Health policy, American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry

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Effect of state Medicaid reimbursement rates on hospitalizations from nursing homes

Article Abstract:

The effect of the state Medicaid nursing home reimbursement rates on the hospitalization of nursing home residents is gauged. The importance of properly aligning state Medicaid and federal Medicare long-term care policies is stressed.

Medicaid, Evaluation, Prospective payment systems (Medical care)

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