TY - JOUR
T1 - Psychogeriatric Services at Certified Home Health Agencies
T2 - Case Reports and Guidelines for Psychiatric Consultants
AU - Kennedy, Gary J.
AU - Katsnelson, Nelly
AU - Laitman, Leila
AU - Alvarez, Ernesto
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported in part by the Federation of Jewish Philanthropies/United Jewish Appeal.
PY - 1995
Y1 - 1995
N2 - Because of the unmet mental health needs of older persons in the community, Medicare-certified home health agencies are increasingly taking the role of health providers. Here the authors review their experience and argue that the pathology seen in home mental health care situations is similar to that seen by specialized mental health outreach teams. Also the relations between the home care team and the psychiatric consultant require skillful management even when the team are mental health specialists. The authors offer guidelines for psychiatric consultants, given the extent to which home care services survive in a volatile, cost-contained environment.
AB - Because of the unmet mental health needs of older persons in the community, Medicare-certified home health agencies are increasingly taking the role of health providers. Here the authors review their experience and argue that the pathology seen in home mental health care situations is similar to that seen by specialized mental health outreach teams. Also the relations between the home care team and the psychiatric consultant require skillful management even when the team are mental health specialists. The authors offer guidelines for psychiatric consultants, given the extent to which home care services survive in a volatile, cost-contained environment.
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U2 - 10.1097/00019442-199503040-00009
DO - 10.1097/00019442-199503040-00009
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0028863863
SN - 1064-7481
VL - 3
SP - 339
EP - 347
JO - American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
JF - American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
IS - 4
ER -