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Even before COVID-19, US nursing homes were filling empty beds with psychiatric patients

  • Written by Don Martin, Director, Urban School Counseling Graduate Program, Youngstown State University
Even before COVID-19, US nursing homes were filling empty beds with psychiatric patientsMany elderly residents of nursing homes are seeing younger patients move in, often with mental illnesses. Steve Smith via Getty Images

One year ago, a nursing home in Kirkland, Washington, became an early battleground for the U.S. coronavirus outbreak. The disease has since decimated nursing home populations – more than one-third of the...

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