The Mentally Impaired Aged: Reordering Priorities


 

Publication Date: September 1976

Publisher: Jewish Communal Service Association of North America

Author(s): Jacqueline Singer Edelson

Research Area: Health

Keywords: Jewish Organizations; Health; Social Services; Methodology

Type: Report

Abstract:

The author discusses two projects -- Reality Orientation and Attitude Therapy -- which were initiated in order to enhance care for forgetful, confused and severely impaired elderly patients in the Special Care Section of the Jewish Home for the Aged in Toronto, Ontario. The author discusses methods of care for patients, methods for training staff, challenges faced by the programs, questions raised, and lessons learned.

In Journal of Jewish Communal Service, ed. by Sanford Sherman, v.53, no.1, September 1976, p.93-102.