Institutionalization - Research News and Information

Saturday, January 10, 2009

Antipsychotic withdrawal-induced relapse predicts future relapses in institutionalized adults with severe intellectual disability.

30 Jul 2008 Severe intellectual and developmental disabilities are frequently associated with aggression toward self and others, destruction of property, and disruption. Antipsychotic medications are a mainstay of treatment of such behaviors. National and ... Read more...

Oral health in people over 64 years of age, institutionalized in Centres for the Aged in the Vigo Health District Spain, 2005.

30 Jul 2008 OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study is to determine the prevalence of dental caries, periodontal disease and the condition of and need for dental prosthesis in individuals over the age of 64. DESIGN: A cross-sectional, descriptive and observational ... Read more...

[The functional structure of Taiwan's Pilot Telecare Project]

30 Jul 2008 In order to respond to the growth of the elderly population, to achieve the goal of "aging in place," and to promote the vital development of the healthcare industry, the Department of Health, under Taiwan's Executive Yuan, commissioned a Telecare ... Read more...

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Latest indexed articles for 'Institutionalization'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Antipsychotic withdrawal-induced relapse predicts future relapses in institutionalized adults with severe intellectual disability. 30 Jul 2008
• Oral health in people over 64 years of age, institutionalized in Centres for the Aged in the Vigo Health District Spain, 2005. 30 Jul 2008
• [The functional structure of Taiwan's Pilot Telecare Project] 30 Jul 2008
• [Chronic pain coping experiences of institutionalized elderly] 30 Jul 2008
• Self-reported visual impairment in elderly Canadians and its impact on healthy living. 30 Jul 2008
• Prediction of institutionalisation in dementia. A systematic review. 8 Jul 2008
• Factors affecting the oral condition of patients with severe motor and intellectual disabilities. 29 Jun 2008
• A controlled clinical trial on the effects of motor intervention on balance and cognition in institutionalized elderly patients with dementia. 29 Jun 2008
• [Investigation of antibodies against measles antigen in institutionalized patients with severe motor and intellectual disability] 29 Jun 2008
• Communication abnormalities predict functional outcomes in chronic schizophrenia: differential associations with social and adaptive functions. 18 Jun 2008
• Relationship between quality of life and cognitive decline in dementia. 9 Jun 2008
• Impact of vision loss on costs and outcomes in medicare beneficiaries with glaucoma. 30 May 2008
• Residential and caregiver preferences of older Korean Americans. 30 May 2008
• Replacing revolving door: a collaborative approach to treating individuals in crisis. 30 May 2008
• [Health in old age: a study with institutionalized elderly] 30 May 2008
• Effect of olanzapine on disruptive behavior in institutionalized patients with severe intellectual disability--a case series. 30 May 2008
• Institutionalization of older adults after the death of a spouse. 27 May 2008
• Correlates of the perceived need for institutionalisation among older adults without cognitive impairment. 6 May 2008
• MPs call for better safeguards on antipsychotic use in care homes. May 2008
• Mental health care institutions in nine European countries, 2002 to 2006. 29 Apr 2008

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Technical information about 'Institutionalization'

Definition: The caring for individuals in institutions and their adaptation to routines characteristic of the institutional environment, and/or their loss of adaptation to life outside the institution.

Descriptor UI: D007326

Alternative terms: Institutionalization; Institutionalizations; Institutionalized Persons; Institutionalized Person; Person, Institutionalized; Persons, Institutionalized;

Related Mesh Headings: Child, Institutionalized; Deinstitutionalization; Hospitalization;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; history; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; methods; organization & administration; standards; supply & distribution; trends; utilization; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: E02.760.415; N02.421.585.415;

History Note: 79

Technical Notes: coord IM with type of institution (IM) if pertinent; institutionalization of mentally ill: consider also COMMITMENT OF MENTALLY ILL