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EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH TO SERVICES FOR THE READY‐TOADMIT APPLICANT TO A GERIATRIC HOME AND HOSPITAL *
Author(s) -
BRUDNO JOSEPH J.
Publication year - 1968
Publication title -
journal of the american geriatrics society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.992
H-Index - 232
eISSN - 1532-5415
pISSN - 0002-8614
DOI - 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1968.tb02100.x
Subject(s) - medicine , family member , geriatrics , nursing , family medicine , gerontology , psychiatry
A bstract : Twenty‐one ready‐to‐admit applicants to a geriatric home participated in three preparatory group programs (7 members each), designed to alleviate their anxieties about entering this large, sometimes frightening setting. Friendships were made and morale was fairly high in each of the groups. After admission, member sought out member. These applicants seemed to have more personal responsibility to adjust to the home, to stay well and to assist each other than did unprepared applicants.