Group Program for New Residents of a Home for the Aged

Rehabilitation in Nursing‐home Situations: A Survey of the Literature

“…Recreation is seen as a basic human need, beneficial to the self‐concept and to the physical and mental health of the patients, and an important part of the re‐socialization process (114). Active rather than passive motions are stressed, with accent on group activity rather than individual activity (115, 116). Recreational activities must be coordinated with physical therapy, nursing, and all other aspects of the therapeutic regimen for the individual in terms of his changing needs, interests, and physical and emotional capabilities (117, 118).…”

Psychiatric Screening in an Old Age Home

“…Within this philosophy, our admission process includes social work interviews, a physical examination, a discussion series of 20 sessions which permits airing of the problems of adjustment (7), and a psychiatric interview. Our patients are lower class, uneducated, orthodox Jews from the City of New York.…”

Role of the Medical Coordinator in a Home and Hospital for the Aged

“…Criteria for admission were set up many years ago by the Administration, the Admissions Committee and the Social Service Department. The medical coordinator has only to be consulted by the social service staff regarding the admissibility of an applicant, and a date for the preliminary physical examination is set up (2). This examination is a screening mechanism which provides an opportunity for our psychiatrist to study the applicant's personality, to make an estimate whether he already displays severe mental deterioration or whether he can be expected to adjust to his new environment.…”