Broken Homes: The Operators. / Clifford J. Levy.
by Levy, Clifford J; SIRS Publishing, Inc.
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BookSeries: SIRS Enduring Issues 2003Article 31Health. Publisher: New York Times, 2002ISSN: 1522-323X;.Subject(s): Death -- Causes | Fraud in medicine | Investigative reporting | Long-term care facilities | Mental health services | Mentally ill -- Care | Mentally ill -- Housing | Surgery -- Unnecessary | New York (New York)DDC classification: 050 Summary: "Ever since New York began closing its psychiatric wards in the 1960's and essentially replacing them with adult homes, the for-profit residences have become magnets for schemes that exploit the mentally ill, a year-long investigation by The Times found....Interviews and records show that at several homes, what little money some residents have is simply stolen by the operators. At dozens of homes, residents are brought before a swarm of outside providers for treatment--from surgery to allergy shots--that seems more intended to generate revenue from government programs than to improve residents' well-being." (NEW YORK TIMES) This article details the inhumane conditions and unethical practices that occur at homes for the mentally ill in New York.
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Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2003.
Originally Published: Broken Homes: The Operators, April 30, 2002; pp. A1+.
"Ever since New York began closing its psychiatric wards in the 1960's and essentially replacing them with adult homes, the for-profit residences have become magnets for schemes that exploit the mentally ill, a year-long investigation by The Times found....Interviews and records show that at several homes, what little money some residents have is simply stolen by the operators. At dozens of homes, residents are brought before a swarm of outside providers for treatment--from surgery to allergy shots--that seems more intended to generate revenue from government programs than to improve residents' well-being." (NEW YORK TIMES) This article details the inhumane conditions and unethical practices that occur at homes for the mentally ill in New York.
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