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Review
. 2016 Mar-Apr;32(2):511-5.
doi: 10.12669/pjms.322.8794.

Quality of life for chronic psychiatric illnesses and home care

Nesibe Gunay Molu  1 , Birgul Ozkan  2 , Sema Icel  3
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Review

Quality of life for chronic psychiatric illnesses and home care

Nesibe Gunay Molu et al. Pak J Med Sci. 2016 Mar-Apr.

Abstract

Nowadays, mental illnesses are gradually increasing and so does chronic psychiatric patients. As a result of this increase, chronic psychiatric disorders lead the burden of patients and their families. To reduce the burden of mental illnesses on individuals and their families, treatment and care are given including psychosocial, physiological and medical support and social services. To begin with, home care enables both the patient and his or her family to stay at their own houses and not to be bothered with residents or long-term, institutional-based nursing homes. In addition, the home care providers deliver services to the patient's at their own house. The other advantages of taking care at home is that it eases financial issues in terms of reducing the cost, reduces the patient's symptoms and improve the individual's quality of life (QoL). In addition to these, home care also minimizes the burden on outpatient services and provides help for the patient and the family in order to solve their problems and give support. Home care services help patients to get their freedom back and enhance the quality of their lives. Thus, it is necessary to procure and implement these services and supply both the patient and his or her family a high-quality life.

Sources of data/ study selection: Literature review was done by using the keywords "home care, patient with chronic mental illness, quality of life, home care nursing" from the sources including PsychINFO, PsychARTICLES, MEDLINE, PubMED, EBSCOHOST and The COCHRANE LIBRARY in the time period of 2005- 2015.

Keywords: Home care; Psychiatric patients; Quality of life.

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