MENTAL HEALTH CARE SERVICE SYSTEM FOR THE ELDERLY

TRANG 1 Distr.: General PROGRAMME ON MENTAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION OF CARE IN PSYCHIATRY OF THE ELDERLY A TECHNICAL CONSENSUS STATEMENT DIVISION OF MENTAL HEALTH AND PREVENTION OF SUBSTANCE[r]

Methods: We conducted a descriptive cross-sectional survey among 423 health care service providers working in eastern Ethiopia in 2010. A pre-tested structured questionnaire was used to collect data. Descriptive statistics, chi-square tests and logistic regression were performed[r]

Retirement in Europe (SHARE), we analysed how the number of children,
their proximity and the frequency of contact between elderly parents and their children affect the mental health of the elderly. In view of decreasing fertility rates in[r]

At 70 years of age, 28 percent of the study popula- tion had no functional limitations, 40 percent had only Nagi limitations, 12 percent had at least one limitation in an instrumental activity of daily liv- ing but no limitations in activities of daily living, 18 percent had a limitation in a[r]

So far, medical data have been used to serve the need of people’s healthcare. In some countries, in recent years, a lot of hospitals have altered the conventional paper medical records into electronic health records. The data in these records grow continuously in real time, which generates a large n[r]

Mood disorders represent the most expensive mental disorders for employer-based commercial health plans. Collaborative care models are effective in treating chronic physical and mental illnesses at little to no net healthcare cost, but to date have primarily been implemented by larger healthcare org[r]

Mental health problems are a major global burden. Understanding what motivates people to seek help for mental health problems thus is important so society can best support people in help-seeking. The present study investigated predictors of mental health help-seeking among Cambodian adolescents.

The lack of trained mental health professionals has been an important barrier to establishing mental health services in low income countries. The purpose of this paper is to describe the development and implementation of child psychiatry training within a graduate program in mental health for non-ph[r]

Oral cancer is a potentially fatal disease, especially when diagnosed in advanced stages. In Brazil, the primary health care (PHC) system is responsible for promoting oral health in order to prevent oral diseases.

In low-resource settings, the lack of mental health professionals and cross-culturally validated screening instruments complicates mental health care delivery. This is especially the case for very young children.

Conclusion: Systematic, evidence-based process improvement methods applied in various sectors to achieve often striking results in safety, quality, reliability, and value can be similarly transformative for health care.
Across the United States, moreover, there is gr[r]

Mental health is an important component of overall health and wellbeing and crucial for a happy and meaningful life. The prevalence of mental health problems amongst children and adolescent is high; with estimates suggesting 10-20% suffer from mental health problems at any given time.

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Functional Status Preservation and Rehabilitation
A person’s ability to function can decline with disease or age, but it is not always an inevitable consequence. Services to maximize function are delivered in a variety of settings, such as providers’ offices, patients’ homes, and long-term care[r]

Antecedents and consequences of adaptive behavior of frontline employees in The health care service. Frontline employees’ adaptive behavior is essential to an interactive and customized service like health care because it contributes significantly to customer satisfaction and loyalty. However, less[r]

Transfer of knowledge is an important issue throughout all scientific disciplines, especially in the medical and psycho-social feld. The issue of worldwide knowledge transfer in child mental health is one of the aims and goals of the journal Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health (CAPMH).[r]

Poor mental health constitutes a considerable global public health burden with approximately half of all cases of poor mental health having their onset before the age of 14 years. The identification of modifiable risk factors early in life is therefore essential to prevention, however, there are pre[r]

basis of current practices, perceived issues, and partici- pants' expectations regarding elderly care [18,19].
Results
Through this process, it was possible to define the features of an intervention in elderly care that met the profession- als' and man[r]

MEDICINAL SOLUTION BOTTLE ELECTRIC TOOTHBRUSH SUCTION NOZZLE Example of Clinical application A ORAL CARE SUPPORT INSTRUMENT ONCE DAILY FOR 2 MINUTES TRANG 8 8 CONCLUSION In 1999, our dep[r]

Balancing Everyday Life (BEL) is a new activity-based lifestyle intervention for mental health service users. An earlier study found BEL to be effective in increasing occupational engagement, occupational balance, activity level, and quality of life scores when compared with a care-as-usual group. H[r]