The functions of hospital-based home care for people with severe mental illness in Taiwan.

Aims And Objectives: The purposes of this study were to understand the functions of hospital-based home care for people with severe mental illness in Taiwan, and the factors that affect functions of professionals who provide hospital-based home care.

Background: Hospital-based home care is a service which provides those people with serious mental illnesses who are in crisis and who are candidates for admission to hospital. Home care has been shown to have several advantages over inpatient treatment.

Hospital-based home care for people with severe mental illness in Taiwan: a substantive grounded theory.

Aim And Objectives: The purpose of this study is to generate a substantive theory of hospital-based home care for people with severe mental illness in Taiwan.

Background: Despite the documented advantages of hospital-based home care services, there is a lack of information and understanding regarding the practices, functions and limitations. Currently, there is no model for how those services are to be provided and what factors will affect these services.