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An Alternative to Group Homes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

B. H. Anstee
B. H. Anstee*
Affiliation:
Old Manor Hospital, Salisbury, and Salisbury General Infirmary
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Summary

This paper describes a supported lodgings scheme as an alternative to group homes. It is pointed out that the County Council has a statutory duty to finance supported lodgings and that schizophrenics are ideally suited to such a scheme. Some short-stay, the majority of the ‘new’ non-demented long-stay, and a large number of the ‘old’ long-stay patients have been discharged by this means. Aftercare facilities were important, as nearly half attended the day centre and over one third were regularly visited in their lodgings by the community psychiatric nurses and social workers.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 132 , Issue 4 , April 1978 , pp. 356 - 360
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1978 

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