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Nursing Homes

By: Kelly M. Smith & Kathryn Hyer
In: Cultural Sociology of Mental Illness: An A-to-Z Guide
Edited by: Andrew Scull
Subject:Sociology of Health & Illness, Clinical Psychology (general)
Keywords:Medicaid; mental disorders; mental health care; nurses; nurses homes; nursing home care; nursing home residents

Of the 1.7 million individuals residing in nearly 16,000 U.S. nursing homes, estimates indicate that 65 to 91 percent have some form of mental illness, including Alzheimer's disease or a related disorder. During the 1960s and 1970s, a lack of funding ...

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  Smith, K., & Hyer, K. (2014). Nursing homes. In A. Scull (Ed.), Cultural sociology of mental illness: An A-to-Z guide (Vol. 1, pp. 598-602). SAGE Publications, Inc., https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781483346342.n221
  
  Smith, Kelly M., and Kathryn Hyer. "Nursing Homes." In Cultural Sociology of Mental Illness: An A-to-Z Guide, edited by Scull, Andrew, 598-602. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2014. https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781483346342.n221.
  
  Smith, K. and Hyer, K. 2014. Nursing Homes. In: Andrew Scull Editor, 2014. Cultural Sociology of Mental Illness: An A-to-Z Guide, Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. pp. 598-602 Available at: <https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781483346342.n221> [Accessed 14 Aug 2022].
  
  Smith, Kelly M. and Kathryn Hyer. "Nursing Homes." Cultural Sociology of Mental Illness: An A-to-Z Guide. Edited by Andrew Scull. Vol. 1. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2014, pp. 598-602. SAGE Knowledge. 14 Aug 2022, doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781483346342.n221.
  
  Smith, Kelly M., and Kathryn Hyer (2014). Nursing homes In: Scull, Andrew (Ed.),Nursing homes Cultural sociology of mental illness: An A-to-Z guide Vol. 1. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc.; 2014:598-602. doi:10.4135/9781483346342.n221
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