Supported accommodations for people with serious mental disorders: Care pathways and predictors of age of entry and length of stay

Bárbara Pedrosa, Graça Cardoso, Sofia Azeredo-Lopes, Manuel Gonçalves-Pereira, Deborah Aluh, Ugnė Grigaitė, Margarida Dias, Manuela Silva and José Caldas- de-Almeida

International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 2024, vol. 70, issue 7, 1254-1266

Abstract: Introduction: Supported accommodations (SAs) are key components of community mental health care, but little is known about residents’ care pathways. This study analysed the care pathways of residents of SAs, and factors associated with their age of entry and length of stay. Methods: A random sample of SAs’ residents in Portugal was interviewed and a questionnaire was specifically developed to assess their care pathways. Associations between sociodemographic and clinical characteristics, age of entry and length of stay, were analysed using hierarchical regression. Results: Overall, 213 residents of 43 different SAs participated. Their mean age was 55 years. Most were male, single, pensioners and had early-onset psychotic disorders. On average, they integrated the current SA at around 50 years old and had a 4.5 year length of stay. Most participants had been in another SA before (35.0% in more supported, 33.8% in less supported and 6.3% in similarly supported SAs). Conclusions: Findings suggest that residents spend several years in the residential pathway, with a significant proportion moving to more supported SAs. This calls for increasing the number of SAs with different typologies and developing coordinated community supports.

Keywords: Supported accommodations; serious mental disorders; care pathways (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1177/00207640241261171

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