A welcoming space to maange crisis : the wellness respite program / Anne-Margareth Smullen Thieling, Margareth Swarbrick, George Brice, Jr., & Patricia Nemec
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TextPublication details: Thorofare, New Jersey : Slack Incorporated, 2022Description: Vol. 60 (11) : pages 26-32Uniform titles: - Journal of psychosocial nursing / November 2022
The need for behavioral care prevention, treatment, and recovery supports, including crisis alternatives, has grown and is now receiving federal support through enhanced funding. When a person experiences severe emotional distress, crisis alternatives are a viable option instead of inpatient hospitalization to address the distress and restore balance. Peer respite programs are voluntarily, short-term, crisis alternatives for people experiencing mental distress. Models have evolved in response to funding a regulatory requirements, yet research is limited. The current article describes a unique peer-led program, Welles respite, in operation for 7 years, including data from recent satisfaction surveys and the role of nurses in the program. Implications of a home-like, short-term crisis alternative and the role of the nurse are emphasized.
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