A Long-term Care Unit in a General Hospital
Authors: FRANZ U. STEINBERG
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1967)

Article1 February 1967A Long-term Care Unit in a General HospitalFRANZ U. STEINBERG, M.D., F.A.C.P.FRANZ U. STEINBERG, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-66-2-285 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptSince the conquest of communicable disease, chronic illness has become the foremost public health problem of our time. The constant rise in the number of aged in our population increases the magnitude of the problem. Nine and four tenths percent of all persons between the ages of 65 and 75 have major limitations of their activities due to chronic illness, and 27.8% have partial limitations (1). Since the number of persons over the age of 65 increases by 3.5 million each decade, the number of those afflicted with partial and major physical disabilities will rise in proportion. Yet, at this...References1. Duration of limitation of activity due to chronic conditions, in U. S. National Health Survey, Series B-31. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, U. S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C., 1959-1960. Google Scholar2. STEINBERG FU: Gait disorders in old age. Geriatrics 21: 134, 1966. MedlineGoogle Scholar3. LITTAUERFLANCEWESSEN DIJAF: Home Care. Hospital Monograph Series no. 9. American Hospital Association, Chicago, 1963. Google Scholar4. LITTAUERSTEINBERGGEE DFUDA: A Chronic Disease Unit in a General Hospital: Analysis of Six Years' Operating Experience. Hospital Monograph Series no. 13. American Hospital Association, Chicago, 1963. Google Scholar5. STEINBERGFROST FUTM: Geriatric rehabilitation in a general hospital. Geriatrics 18: 158, 1963. MedlineGoogle Scholar6. MULLER JN: Preventive rehabilitation. A study of nursing home residents. New York J. Med. 64: 1882, 1964. MedlineGoogle Scholar7. WALKERTHORN JEGW: Medical care research and the university hospital (editorial). Amer. J. Med. 37: 1, 1964. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar8. COEROSEN RMHM (editors): Symposium on research in long-term care. Gerontologist 4: Number 2, Part II, 1964. Google Scholar9. ABRAMSONKUTNERROSENBERGBERGERWEINER ASBPRHJ: A therapeutic community in a general hospital: adaptation to a rehabilitation service. J. Chronic Dis. 16: 179, 1963. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar10. GORDONKOHN EEKH: Evaluation of rehabilitation methods in hemiplegic patients. J. Chronic Dis. 19: 3, 1966. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar11. FELDMANLEEUNTERECKERLLOYDRUSKTOOLE DJPRJKHAA: A comparison of functionally orientated medical care and formal rehabilitation in the management of patients with hemiplegia due to cerebrovascular disease. J. Chronic Dis. 15: 297, 1962. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar12. KELMANWILLNER HRA: Problems in measurement and evaluation of rehabilitation. Arch. Phys. Med. 43: 172, 1962. MedlineGoogle Scholar13. : Multidisciplinary studies of illness in aged persons. J. Chronic Dis. 7: 332, 1958; 9: 55, 1959; 11: 445, 1960; 13: 453, 1961. MedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAuthors: FRANZ U. STEINBERG, M.D., F.A.C.P.Affiliations: St. Louis, MissouriFrom the Department of Long-term Care, the Jewish Hospital of St. Louis, St. Louis, Mo.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Franz U. Steinberg, M.D., Director, Department of Long-term Care, The Jewish Hospital of St. Louis, 216 South Kingshighway Blvd., St. Louis, Mo. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byORGANIZATION OF A COMPREHENSIVE MEDICAL CARE PROGRAM IN A CHRONIC DISEASE HOSPITAL 1 February 1967Volume 66, Issue 2Page: 285-294KeywordsDisabilitiesLong-term carePrevention, policy, and public health ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 February 1967 PDF downloadLoading ...