Evaluation and Change in a Psychogeriatric Ward Through Direct Observation and Feedback
- 1 December 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal College of Psychiatrists in The British Journal of Psychiatry
- Vol. 137 (6) , 566-571
- https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.137.6.566
Abstract
Direct observations were made of patients'' behavior during occupational therapy sessions in a psychogeriatric ward, and were used to suggest changes in the conduct of these sessions, and to evaluate the effectiveness of the changes. The intervention was successful in bringing about situation-specific increases in clients'' appropriate behavior.This publication has 19 references indexed in Scilit:
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