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Hospital to hostel: what benefit?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Pamela McConnell
Pamela McConnell*
Affiliation:
Gransha Hospital, Clooney Road, Londonderry BT47 1TF
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Abstract

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Resettlement of 15 long-stay psychiatric in-patients from a hospital rehabilitation unit to a new hostel was assessed by measuring symptoms, social behaviour and client satisfaction beforehand, then six and 12 weeks afterwards. Three residents experienced relapses with varying degrees of recovery. Overall, symptoms and social behaviour improved significantly. Change in satisfaction with the services offered proved difficult to measure accurately. A well resourced resettlement project can enhance long-stay patients' well-being.

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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 19 , Issue 3 , March 1995 , pp. 148 - 150
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This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1994

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