Housing for people with mental disorders after discharge from a hospital

summarization of good practice and investigation of the applicability

Abstract

To elucidate demographic characteristics and the difficulties of group homes for people with mental disorders, we conducted a questionnaire survey. Eighty-one percent of residents of group homes experienced schizophrenia Fifty-three percent of them moved from psychiatric hospitals. Thirty-six percent of those who left group homes went to psychiatric hospitals and 46% went to their houses. The care workers perceived high initial cost of group homes and received local government subsidies. They were afraid of denial from neighborhood of group homes and strove to have a good relationship between group homes and neighborhood.