Consumer experiences of community-based residential mental health rehabilitation for severe and persistent mental illness: A pragmatic grounded theory analysis

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Parker, S
Wyder, M
Pommeranz, M
Newman, E
Meurk, C
Dark, F
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2021
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Semi‐structured interviews were used to explore the consumer experience of community‐based residential mental health rehabilitation support at Community Care Units in Australia. These clinical services provide recovery‐oriented residential rehabilitation to people affected by severe and persistent mental illness. Typically, nurses occupy the majority of staff roles. However, two of the three sites in the study were trialling a novel integrated staffing model where the majority of staff were people with a lived experience of mental illness employed as peer support workers (PSWs). The interviews explored consumers' experiences of care 12–18 months after admission. Fifteen interviews were completed with an independent interviewer. Most participants were diagnosed with schizophrenia or a related psychotic disorder. The analysis followed a pragmatic approach to grounded theory. Consumers viewed the CCU favourably, emphasizing the value of the relationships formed with staff and co‐residents. No major differences in consumers' experience under the traditional versus integrated staffing models were identified; however, those from the integrated staffing model sites valued the contributions of the peer support workers. The understanding of the consumer experience emerging through this study aligned with their expectations of the service at the time of commencement.

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International Journal of Mental Health Nursing

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Nursing

Health services and systems

Public health

Psychology

mental health recovery

nursing staff

peer support

psychiatric rehabilitation

residential treatment

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Parker, S; Wyder, M; Pommeranz, M; Newman, E; Meurk, C; Dark, F, Consumer experiences of community-based residential mental health rehabilitation for severe and persistent mental illness: A pragmatic grounded theory analysis, International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 2021

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