Anxiety and Depression Among the Elderly

Relationship of activity and morale levels to institutionalization among aging schizophrenics

“…In terms of planning for the institutionalized schizophrenic, emphasis needs to be placed on programs that utilize the educational background of the schizophrenic and maintain general health, such as those that emphasize involvement with other age groups interests . Nursing has been very active in developing programs for care of the institutionalized aged Vogel, 1982). The research reported in this paper seeks to identify the positive and negative factors associated with insti tutionalization among the two populations of elderly most often found in nursing homes, the frail elderly and the men tally ill and to determine predictors of behavior witliin the nursing home environment.…”