P.A.C.E. and national , and state, nursing home level of care problems, and national Medicare issues, problems
😐Are there any mental hospitals or nursing homes in the United States where patients are flexibly allowed to come and go unaccompanied, to a nearby grocery store, and other places, and go to their home, flexibly, without family, just by getting a cab, and return after two or three days, and live at the nursing home flexibly, 20 to 25 days monthly, or whatever they want, with freedom to come and go, with the door open and their room always available? 🤖No, traditional mental hospitals and nursing homes in the United States do not allow patients to come and go completely unaccompanied or live there on a part-time, highly flexible basis. [1, 2] Because both types of facilities are heavily regulated medical environments, they are bound by laws regarding strict liability, patient safety, and medical necessity. A institutional setting where you can live for only 20 to 25 days a month while maintaining a permanent room to "come and go as you please" does not exist under the umbrel...