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Outpatient commitment—also called assisted outpatient treatment (AOT) or community treatment orders (CTO)—refers to a civil court procedure wherein a legal process orders an individual diagnosed with a severe mental disorder to adhere to an outpatient treatment plan designed to prevent further deterioration or recurrence that is harmful to themselves or others.
Homeless patients are one of the groups who are especially vulnerable to patient dumping. [1] Patient dumping or homeless dumping is the practice of hospitals and emergency services inappropriately releasing homeless or indigent patients to public hospitals or onto the streets instead of transferring them to a homeless shelter or retaining
The experimental program, meant to stabilize the most vulnerable and keep low-income patients out of costly institutional care in hospitals, jails, and nursing homes, for instance, launched in ...
Another study out of Boston found similar results with homeless patients requiring 50% fewer hospital readmissions in the 90-days following medical respite program participation than those released to their own care (the street or shelter). [12] Medical respite care has been discussed in the American Medical New Ethics Forum. [13] [14]
The McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act requires school districts to immediately enroll students experiencing housing insecurity until residency disputes, including any appeals, are resolved ...
For several decades, various cities and towns in the United States have adopted relocation programs offering homeless people one-way tickets to move elsewhere. [1] [2] Also referred to as "Greyhound therapy", [2] "bus ticket therapy" and "homeless dumping", [3] the practice was historically associated with small towns and rural counties, which had no shelters or other services, sending ...
Hospitals are prohibited from discriminating against or providing substandard care for patients who appear impoverished or homeless, are not well-dressed or well-groomed, or exhibit signs of mental illness or intoxication. If the hospital fears that a patient may be a threat to others, the hospital may delay care only as necessary to protect ...
Phil Lucas, a 32-year-old Suboxone patient, said he tried local NA meetings but no longer attends. “They acted like I was still a heroin addict basically,” he said, adding that people at the meetings kept asking him when he was going to get sober. Diana Sholler, 43, another Suboxone patient in Northern Kentucky, attends local AA meetings.