Data · dataset · 2026
Understanding housing needs among individuals with mental health difficulties in a mental health inpatient unit in Dublin
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For people with mental health difficulties, housing is fundamental to recovery.
Description
Housing should be at the center of community psychiatry. Yet the reality presents a picture of stark lack of awareness of unmet housing related need within the mental health services.<br><br>This PhD study consists of three distinct but related studies:<br>1.
What is the prevalence of housing need among inpatients on the acute inpatient unit?<br>2. What accommodation types are inpatients with housing need admitted from and discharged to?<br>3. Is there a relationship between inpatient and key nurses’ preferences for housing and support?<br><br>Questions one and two were addressed by asking nurse managers weekly and question three was addressed by a mixed methods study.<br><br>On average 55% (n = 26) of inpatients had accommodation needs at any one time.
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An average of 15 (32%) were delayed discharge and 97% of these had accommodation needs. More than half (53%, n = 58) of the 109 discharges of inpatients with housing need, were to a different accommodation type than they were admitted from. The parental home was the largest accommodation type at admission (n = 25, 23%) and homeless services was the largest at discharge (n = 28, 26%).
Inpatients strongly preferred independent living accommodation types (79%), for reasons of control, autonomy, and freedom to make choices. They also chose living alone (63%). Key nurses’ preferences for the inpatients living situation were equally divided between independent living (47%) and more structured type arrangements with built-in supports (47%) due to the inpatient’s level of functioning and skills.
Key nurses preferred inpatients to live with others (60%).<br><br>The mental health service has a housing role in identifying housing need. It is important to listen to the preferences for housing and support of people with mental health difficulties.<br><br>
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| ZivaHub | oai:figshare.com:article/32640360 | 8 d ago | JSON v1 |
| Deakin Research Online | oai:figshare.com:article/32640360 | 8 d ago | JSON v1 |
| DMU Figshare | oai:figshare.com:article/32640360 | 8 d ago | JSON v1 |
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