Psychiatric home health nursing provides an emerging arena for treating elderly clients diagnosed with major mental disorders. Client autonomy is maintained, and treatment can be tailored to individual need. The authors describe the concept of home care for the elderly mentally ill and issues related to funding and providing services. To illustrate the broad scope of available nursing treatment for the elderly, three case studies of clients with diagnoses of anxiety/depression, schizophrenia, and bipolar disorder are discussed.

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Home healthcare nursing shortage: agencies need to plan now.

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Special home healthcare nursing challenges: patients with cancer.

This article addresses strategies for assessing common psychological complications experienced by homebound patients with cancer and by the patients' families. It describes interventions that home healthcare nurses can use to effectively intervene with these patients.

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