In-Home Mental Health Services for the Elderly

Kohn, Robert; Goldsmith, Erika; Sedgwick, Thomas W.; Markowitz, Sarah

doi:10.1300/j018v27n01_07

Cited by 3 publications

(1 citation statement)

References 49 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…While Mobile Crisis teams often provide emergency care to individuals at home (Kohn, Goldsmith, Sedgwick, & Markowitz, 2004), new models of care are needed to more routinely bring mental health services to the chronically homebound. Fortunately, some progress has been made in bringing mental health services to the homebound (Reifler & Bruce, 2013).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Meeting the Mental Health Needs of the Homebound: A Psychiatric Consult Service Within a Home-Based Primary Care Program

Reckrey

DeCherrie²,

Dugue³

et al. 2015

Care Management Journals

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The growing population of homebound adults is increasingly receiving home-based primary care (HPBC) services. These patients are predominantly frail elderly who are homebound due to multiple medical comorbidities, yet they often also have psychiatric diagnoses requiring mental health care. Unfortunately, in-home psychiatric services are rarely available to homebound patients. In order to address unmet psychiatric need among the homebound patients enrolled in our large academic HBPC program, we piloted a psychiatric in-home consultation service. During our 16 month pilot, ten percent of all enrolled HBPC patients were referred for and received psychiatric consultation. Depression and anxiety were among the most common reasons for referral. In order to better meet patients’ medical and psychiatric needs, HBPC programs need to consider strategies to incorporate psychiatric services into their routine care plans.

show abstract

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%