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Some patients in hospitals for mental illness end up discharged to nursing homes, which are often poorly equipped to properly treat them.

The economics of why patients with mental illnesses end up at nursing homes

A new investigation finds that abuse rates are higher at nursing homes with more mental illness. There’s a financial reason behind why folks end up at nursing homes instead of other institutions in the first place.
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