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.

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Apr 2nd, 2:00 PM Apr 2nd, 3:30 PM

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