ACLU: Nursing homes frighten, mislead psychiatric patients
ACLU: Nursing homes frighten, mislead psychiatric patients

For-profit nursing home operators are using scare tactics to persuade psychiatric patients to stay in the facilities instead of moving into supportive community housing, according to court papers filed by the American Civil Liberties Union and other legal advocates for the mentally ill. The action follows a historic court settlement in which Illinois authorities pledged to offer supportive ...