Post by pavel on Feb 8, 2016 23:24:09 GMT -6
More than 250 Georgians with developmental disabilities are stuck in a dangerous limbo: housed in a state psychiatric hospital while waiting to move into a group home or other community-based facility.
Either can be a perilous place for such vulnerable people, federal authorities say.
The U.S. Department of Justice alleges Georgia has not complied with a 2010 agreement in which it promised to overhaul services for people with severe mental illness and developmental disabilities. The agreement ended a federal investigation into dozens of suspicious deaths in the state hospitals, first reported in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution in 2007.
As bad as the hospitals may have been, many transferred patients have encountered poor care in community settings.
Read more: investigations.blog.ajc.com/2016/02/08/disabled-georgians-stuck-in-dangerous-limbo/
Either can be a perilous place for such vulnerable people, federal authorities say.
The U.S. Department of Justice alleges Georgia has not complied with a 2010 agreement in which it promised to overhaul services for people with severe mental illness and developmental disabilities. The agreement ended a federal investigation into dozens of suspicious deaths in the state hospitals, first reported in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution in 2007.
As bad as the hospitals may have been, many transferred patients have encountered poor care in community settings.
Read more: investigations.blog.ajc.com/2016/02/08/disabled-georgians-stuck-in-dangerous-limbo/