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Article: Making residents feel 'at home' in the nursing home: it doesn't take 'big dollars', but staff dedication and involvement. (intermediate care nursing home unit management)
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- Nursing Homes
- Article date:
- February 1, 1997
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I am head nurse of a 50-bed intermediate care nursing home unit. About one-fourth of my residents are confused, forgetful and have some cognitive dysfunction. Another one-fourth do not fit the description above; they participate in recreation, socialize with other residents, watch television, read, knit or have hobbies, and seem adjusted to their surroundings and content to be here. I want to discuss the remaining half of my residents, those who fit my description of general apathy.
Are these people depressed? It is well-known that depression is common in the elderly. These residents are chronically ill, of course, but why don't any of their past interests stimulate ...