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Connecticut Sued Over Use of Nursing Homes vs. Community Living Alternatives: New York Is Next  


Author:  Fred Cohen .


Source: Volume 08, Number 03, September/October 2006 , pp.42-43(2)




Correctional Mental Health Report

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Abstract: 

The Connecticut Office of Protection & Advocacy (OPA) joined with the prestigious Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law in suing over the needless isolation and segregation of numerous individuals with mental illness in highly restrictive nursing homes.

Keywords: Connecticut OPA v. Connecticut, Olmstead v. L.C., 527 U.S. 581

Affiliations:  1: Executive Editor.

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