title: Transitional housing for veterans with a psychiatric diagnosis.
abstract: 1. Veterans with a psychiatric diagnosis needed affordable housing and emotional support to successfully reintegrate into the community. 2. A supervising nurse established a structured, transitional housing program with a housing manager and mandatory weekly meetings. 3. The focus of the house program was centered on resident independence and responsibility. 4. The housing program is cost effective and has shown a 79% success rate in assisting clients to become productive members of the community.
authors.affiliation: Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Palo Alto, California.
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Huffman
mesh_terms: D002140:California; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D006208:Halfway Houses / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards*; D006302:Health Services Research; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D017146:Models, Organizational; D014728:Veterans