TY - JOUR
T1 - Placement of older adults from hospital mental health units into nursing homes
T2 - exploration of the process, system issues, and implications
AU - Lane, Annette M.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Copyright 2011, SLACK Incorporated.
PY - 2011/2/1
Y1 - 2011/2/1
N2 - Decision making about placing older adults with mental illness and the process of placement from mental health units into nursing homes is challenging for older adults, family members, and health care professionals. In this article, I present an individual example drawn from an institutional ethnography examining the process of placement from mental health units into nursing homes in western Canada. I offer an analysis of the institutional processes and system issues that factor into the difficulties of placing this older adult with mental illness and suggest implications for nurses.
AB - Decision making about placing older adults with mental illness and the process of placement from mental health units into nursing homes is challenging for older adults, family members, and health care professionals. In this article, I present an individual example drawn from an institutional ethnography examining the process of placement from mental health units into nursing homes in western Canada. I offer an analysis of the institutional processes and system issues that factor into the difficulties of placing this older adult with mental illness and suggest implications for nurses.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84983034022&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3928/00989134-20100730-07
DO - 10.3928/00989134-20100730-07
M3 - Journal Article
C2 - 20795593
AN - SCOPUS:84983034022
SN - 0098-9134
VL - 37
SP - 49
EP - 55
JO - Journal of Gerontological Nursing
JF - Journal of Gerontological Nursing
IS - 2
ER -
