Residential Alternatives
Chronically mentally ill patients in the community require indefinite residential support.
To meet the variety of needs of chronic mental patients a continuous of residential alternatives is necessary.
These are:
• Hospitals
• Group home: Here several patients live within the same house under24 hours supervision. Here they are teaching skills required to live in the community.
• Halfway home: Here interpersonal skills and self control are encouraged.
• Board and care homes: It describes variety of facilities. They are unlocked, patients share rooms, three meals a day are served and minimal staff supervision is provided.
• Supervised apartment: Patients live in several apartments within the same apartment complex. A staff member who also occupies an apartment in the complex maintains supervision. Usually two patients share an apartment. Focus is on social skill development and independent.
• Satellite apartment: Here patients are taught to live independently in their own community apartment. Minimal staff monitoring (once monthly) is provided.
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