Mental health: financial arrangements for long-stay residents.
The process of preparing long-stay patients for relocation from mental health hospitals to the community has been well described, but little attention has been paid to the effects such a move has on arrangements for residents' finances. This article describes a system which seemed to mix the best of the traditional hospital banking system with modern community-based commercial banking services, and how the provision of a financial service to a group of institutionalised residents assisted in the process of re-personalisation.
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004739:England; D005260:Female; D006271:Health Facility Closure; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000191:economics*; D008134:Long-Term Care / Q000191:economics*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000191:economics*; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000191:economics