Family Care Program in a Veteran’s Hospital A Case Study of Eight Mental Patients in the Family Care Program at Lyons Veterans Administration Hospital, Lyons, N.J. 1949 – 1954
Abstract
Background of the Study One of the most challenging and difficult problems facing the personnel of mental hospitals is that of arranging suitable living accommodations for the patient ready for discharge. Where there are relatives in whose homes the patient can be placed, supervision of the patient and planning for his care with the relatives is usually indicated. In many cases, patients have no relatives to whom they could be discharged. In other cases, the homes of their relatives are, for varying reasons, unsuitable for the patient. Thus in those cases where suitable own-family homes are not available, two alternatives remain:(1) The patient can be kept in the hospital where he can make an institutional adjustment, or(2) some living arrangement, other than withhis own family, must be worked out.
Subject Area
Psychology|Military studies
Recommended Citation
Sullivan, John Lawrence, "Family Care Program in a Veteran’s Hospital A Case Study of Eight Mental Patients in the Family Care Program at Lyons Veterans Administration Hospital, Lyons, N.J. 1949 – 1954" (1955). ETD Collection for Fordham University. AAI31097016.
https://research.library.fordham.edu/dissertations/AAI31097016
