Psychiatric assessment wards for older adults: a qualitative evaluation of two ward models

✍ Scribed by Jaime-Stewart Craig; Julie Patel; Claire Lee-Jones; Chris Hatton

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2000
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 73 KB
• Volume: 15
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0885-6230
• DOI: 10.1002/1099-1166(200008)15:8<721::aid-gps188>3.0.co;2-k

✦ Synopsis

This study was requested to investigate the relative strengths of two di}erent ward arrangements[ Both wards were psychiatric assessment wards for people over the age of 54 and both were mixed sex wards[ The major focus was to examine if the separation of cognitively impaired "CI# and functional clients on an elderly assessment ward had bene_ts in terms of client and sta} satisfaction[ The study involved 081 hours of observation\ following four clients on each ward for 13!hours[ Results indicate that the split ward and the mixed ward di}er qualitatively and that in terms of user and sta} satisfaction the split model is preferable[ Implications for service development and future research are also discussed [ Copyright Þ 1999