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Long-Term Care Reconsidered: The Role of the Psychologist in the Geriatric Rehabilitation Milieu

Mount Sinai Medical Center

Traditional notions of rehabilitation must be expanded to incorporate a long-term care model sensitive to the unique needs of a heterogeneous geriatric population with multiple chronic impairments. This alternate treatment model posits a reconceptualization of health management within the context of developing a specific milieu to optimize resident psychological status. This milieu is conceived of as serving a geriatric mental health mandate. The relationship between this therapeutic milieu and resident quality of life is explored. The psychologist plays a vital role in articulating mental health objectives germane to the milieu's therapeutic success. The psychologist's specific programmatic interventions at multiple levels of the milieu and their underlying rationale are discussed.

Journal of Applied Gerontology, Vol. 8, No. 1, 53-68 (1989)
DOI: 10.1177/073346488900800105


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