Long-term placement of an individual into a hospital, nursing home, residential center, or other facility where independent living is restricted in varying degrees.
Admission of an individual to an institution, such as a nursing home, where he or she will reside for an extended period of time or indefinitely.
Admission of a person to an institution, such as a nursing home, where he or she will reside for an extended period of time or indefinitely, institutionalized.
Incorporated into the regular operations of a larger organization.
The placement of a person in a psychiatric hospital, prison, or other large institution. Today physicians and health care insurers consider it more beneficial to care for people with long-term illnesses in community settings rather than in large institutions. Institutionalization is most commonly used in response to severe psychiatric problems or medical conditions that require care beyond that which can be provided in the community, including severe mental retardation and marked autism.
A condition produced by residence in an unstimulating impersonal institution (such as some mental hospitals and orphanages). The individual adapts to the behavior characteristic of the institution to such an extent that he is handicapped in other environments. The features often include apathy, dependence, and a lack of personal responsibility. Some symptoms, such as stereotypy, are commoner in the institutionalized.
Residence in or confinement to a nursing home or other long term care setting for an extended period.
The prolonged exposure to strict systems, like in prisons or major institutions, leads to a decline in individual freedom. This often results in indifference, blind obedience, conformity to established routines, and a fading of personal passions and interests.