DISCHARGED PATIENTS AND PROGNOSES OF CARE GIVERS AFTER 2 YEARS - PARTIII OF THE BERLIN DEINSTITUTIONALIZATION STUDY

In a two-year follow-up we report on discharges in a cohort of 422 mid dle-term and long-term inpatients and prognoses of their psychiatrists and psychologists concerning time of discharge and location, after. 5 0% long-term patients with a present stay of more than two years and 8 2% of middle-term patients (stay: 6-24 months) had been discharged. Mo re than one-third of the long-term patients could be placed in shelter ed accommodation, but 42% are still referred to nursing homes. All tog ether 68% are still in institutional settings - either as inpatients o r in nursing homes. Prognoses were not very reliable concerning the ti me of discharge but substantial with regard to placement in sheltered accommodation. This can be interpreted as a result of successful co-op eration between inpatient and community-based services.