Families ambivalent over New York group home decision
October 10th, 2009From the New York Times:
Families express mixed emotions over a recent court decision that is pushing New York State to move people with mental illness from institutional homes to less restrictive settings. A federal judge ruled last month that New York was illegally discriminating against 4,300 people with mental illness by holding them in privately run institutions.
In interviews, relatives expressed both happiness and fear over the verdict. While they didn’t defend the adult homes, many worried that their vulnerable relatives could be physically in danger if they aren’t adequately supervised, or helped with their medications.
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