Mental Health and Nursing Homes
Location
CSU Ballroom
Start Date
2-4-2019 2:00 PM
End Date
2-4-2019 3:30 PM
Student's Major
Social Work
Student's College
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Mentor's Name
Christine Black-Hughes
Mentor's Department
Social Work
Mentor's College
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Description
Purpose: Mental health service provision in Minnesota nursing homes is not well known. The literature suggests a lack of metal health services available to older adults living in NHs in the US. This study's purpose was to assess the extent that NHs in MN provide residents with mental health care based on NH professionals' opinions.
Methods: Quantitative electronic survey design. Replication of a study by Molinari et al. (2009). Using a software called Qualtrics, NH administrators, social workers, and directors of nursing throughout MN were surveyed electronically about the provision of mental health services in their facilities.
Results: 133 completed questionnaires collected. Significant differences were found between professions on these topics: Who orders mental health services, difficulty providing substance abuse counseling, difficulty providing individual/group therapy, frequency of clinical social worker visits, frequency of licensed psychologist visits.
Mental Health and Nursing Homes
CSU Ballroom
Purpose: Mental health service provision in Minnesota nursing homes is not well known. The literature suggests a lack of metal health services available to older adults living in NHs in the US. This study's purpose was to assess the extent that NHs in MN provide residents with mental health care based on NH professionals' opinions.
Methods: Quantitative electronic survey design. Replication of a study by Molinari et al. (2009). Using a software called Qualtrics, NH administrators, social workers, and directors of nursing throughout MN were surveyed electronically about the provision of mental health services in their facilities.
Results: 133 completed questionnaires collected. Significant differences were found between professions on these topics: Who orders mental health services, difficulty providing substance abuse counseling, difficulty providing individual/group therapy, frequency of clinical social worker visits, frequency of licensed psychologist visits.
Recommended Citation
Belkholm, Heidi. "Mental Health and Nursing Homes." Undergraduate Research Symposium, Mankato, MN, April 2, 2019.
https://cornerstone.lib.mnsu.edu/urs/2019/poster-session-B/2
