Opinions about Geriatric Patients in Public Mental Hospitals: Administrators of 269 Public Mental Hospitals and 53 Officials of State or Territorial Mental Hygiene Agencies Were Surveyed to Ascertain Their Opinions about the Potential for Rehabilitation of Older Patients

Hefferin, Elizabeth A.; Wilner, Daniel M.

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“…efficient allocation of hospital resources (Hefferin & Wilner, 1971;Wadsworth, Sinclair, & Wirz, 1972). In the 1980s, after significant closure of psychiatric institutional beds, which included those for people with dementia, a common concern was what to do with the large number of older people with dementia who, because of their relatively good physical health and challenging behaviors, were considered unsuitable for nursing home placement (Brody, Lawton, & Liebowtiz, 1984).…”

Section: What Is a Day Program? The History Of Day Programs For Peoplmentioning

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Re-thinking the nature of day programs for people with dementia: Implications for research

Symonds-Brown¹,

Ceci²,

Duggleby

et al. 2019

Dementia

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Day programs are commonly identified in dementia strategies as a solution for keeping people with dementia home for as long as possible. Limited research evidence is available to support these policy approaches, and much of what exists demonstrates equivocal results. While key day program researchers have called for improvements in methodological and theoretical efforts, we argue that basic assumptions concerning what a day program is, and how the effects of day programs should be studied, also require reconsideration. Problematization is a systematic review strategy used to identify and critique assumptions guiding research practices and knowledge development in a field of study. The approach entails a broad overview of a field of research alongside a close reading of key texts to identify prevailing assumptions about the object of study and how it can be known. The intent is to discern how these assumptions are influencing research practices and thus knowledge development. A review of historical texts and research literature reviews was used (1) to identify trends in day program research between 1990 and 2018 and (2) to support identification of influential and typical studies for closer analysis ( n = 36). The outcome of our analysis of the research literature suggests three sets of assumptions that guide much of the day program research literature: dementia is mainly treated as a problem of the individual; day programs are treated as stand-alone units of substitute care; and the space of day programs is seen as a simple background to care. We argue that the assumptions regarding care and space have narrowed the field of research and contributed to the production of equivocal findings. We suggest alternative framings of notions of care and space, informed by a Science and Technology Studies’ approach to care practices, to generate knowledge about day programs that can usefully inform policy and practice.

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Section: What Is a Day Program? The History Of Day Programs For Peoplmentioning

confidence: 99%

Re-thinking the nature of day programs for people with dementia: Implications for research

Symonds-Brown¹,

Ceci²,

Duggleby

et al. 2019

Dementia

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Am J Public Health Nations Health

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It is more difficult to explore the full limits of the computer than with earlier gadgets. At critical points these early devices-looms, engines, generators-resisted human ignorance and stupidity. Overloaded, abused, they stopped work, stalled, broke down, blew up, and there was the end of it. Thus they set clear limits to man's ineptitudes. The limits of the computer are not so obvious. Asked a foolish question, it does not collapse; it goes on to answer a fool according to his folly. And being a fool the questioner will go on to act on the reply.-E. E. MoNSON, 1966

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Opinions about Geriatric Patients in Public Mental Hospitals: Administrators of 269 Public Mental Hospitals and 53 Officials of State or Territorial Mental Hygiene Agencies Were Surveyed to Ascertain Their Opinions about the Potential for Rehabilitation of Older Patients

Abstract: Administrators of 269 public mental hospitals and 53 officials of State or Territorial mental hygiene agencies were surveyed to ascertain their opinions about the potential for rehabilitation of older patients.

Cited by 2 publications

References 38 publications

Re-thinking the nature of day programs for people with dementia: Implications for research

Re-thinking the nature of day programs for people with dementia: Implications for research

A selected public health bibliography with annotations.

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