STATE HOSPITAL UTILIZATION FOR THE MENTALLY ILL ELDERLY

这项为期三年的全国性研究将由 全国州精神卫生项目主任协会(NASMHPD) 将是增加对精神病患者服务的知识 通过描述州立精神病院在提供护理方面的作用来描述老年人 以及老年精神病患者的治疗。现有的NASMHPD和NIMH 将分析数据库以确定州立医院的使用模式 适用于65岁及以上人口，并描述所提供的服务 给这群病人。案例研究将在选定的州进行。 识别和描述环境、情况和政策 影响国家精神卫生机构使用国家的变量 为这一人群提供的医院。对数据库的分析将是 与案例研究结果相结合，描述状态的程度 老年人的医院使用情况，这一人群的特点，以及 财政、政策、行政和服务方面的影响。 这项研究将为中小企业提供必要的信息 目前可用于为严重的精神疾病制定有效的计划 并确定公立医院在老年疾病中的适当作用 这个人口群体。

The purpose of this three-year national study to be conducted by the National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors (NASMHPD) will be to increase the knowledge regarding services to the mentally ill elderly by describing the role of state mental hospitals in providing care and treatment for the elderly mentally ill. Existing NASMHPD and NIMH databases will be analyzed to determine patterns of state hospital usage for the population age 65 and over, and to describe the services provided to this patient group. Case studies will be conducted in selected states to identify and describe the environmental, situational, and policy variables which impact upon the state mental health agency's use of state hospitals for this population. The analysis of the databases will be integrated with case study findings to describe the extent of state hospital use by the elderly, the characteristics of this population, and the fiscal, policy, administrative, and service implications. This research will provide SMHAs with the necessary information not currently available to develop effective programs for seriously mentally ill elderly persons and determine appropriate roles of state hospitals for this population group.