Research relating environment and behaviour indicates that relatively minor changes in the environment, such as restructuring a dayroom, can result in significantly improved psychosocial functioning in psychogeriatric patients. A project introducing multiple changes designed to improve the quality of life on a geriatric ward in a provincial mental hospital is described and discussed in the light of that research and suggestions are made regarding its replication under more rigorous experimental conditions.
Download full-text PDF |
Source |
|---|---|
| http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/070674379003500205 | DOI Listing |
Publication Analysis
Top Keywords
psychogeriatric patients
8
ward milieu
4
milieu behaviour
4
behaviour psychogeriatric
4
patients relating
4
relating environment
4
environment behaviour
4
behaviour indicates
4
indicates minor
4
minor changes
4
Similar Publications
Want AI Summaries of new PubMed Abstracts delivered to your In-box?
Enter search terms and have AI summaries delivered each week - change queries or unsubscribe any time!