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The chronically mentally ill in nursing homes: issues in policy and practice
Health & Social Work
|January 1, 1986
Abstract:
The release of large numbers of patients from mental hospitals has resulted in the frequent placement of former mental patients in nursing homes. This study examines the integration of a sample of former patients into the residential facility itself and the community at large and concludes that the environment of the facility has a key impact on levels of residents' social integration.