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Psychiatric Foster Care for Adult Patients: Results of a Study in the Netherlands

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  • M.J. Haveman

    (Department of Epidemiology/Health Care Research, P.O. Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands)

  • M.A. Maaskant

    (Department of Epidemiology/Health Care Research, P.O. Box 616, 62000 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands)

Abstract

Since the 1920s psychiatric foster care has been considered as an important alter native to psychiatric hospitalization in the Netherlands. About one percent of the men tal hospital patients are actually living with contracted families. These patients have their meals with their foster families, and stay there at night and at the weekends. Foster families can obtain support from hospital staff. Day-programmes, treatment and work rehabilitation, however, are usually undertaken in the grounds of the men tal hospital. Some data will be presented on the characteristics, skills, social integration and consumer satisfaction of all 188 patients staying with 162 foster families. A comparison is made with a random-sample of hospital inpatients (N=381), patients in sheltered homes (N=179) and in day-centres (N=86).

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  • M.J. Haveman & M.A. Maaskant, 1990. "Psychiatric Foster Care for Adult Patients: Results of a Study in the Netherlands," International Journal of Social Psychiatry, , vol. 36(1), pages 58-67, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:socpsy:v:36:y:1990:i:1:p:58-67
    DOI: 10.1177/002076409003600107
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