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Quality of Nursing Homes Admitting Working-Age Adults With Serious Mental Illness

What is it about?

Policies to protect persons with serious mental illness consider institutionalization to be the last resort, to be used only if integrated community-based services are not a viable alternative, yet many individuals with serious mental illness continue to be housed in restrictive, low-quality institutions.

Why is it important?

Our findings indicate that working-age adults with serious mental illness may be inappropriately placed in nursing homes and experience inequitable access to high-quality nursing homes.

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