Since 1968 fourteen group homes for chronic patients from the Ararat Mental Hospital and Training Centre have been developed. These have been highly successful in that patients who otherwise would not have been able to leave hospital, have now been able to do so. Of the 58 patients who have been discharged to then, none have had to be readmitted permanently, and only four have been admitted for short-term care. Considering that the majority of patients have been transferred to us for long term institutional care we believe that the overall results are very satisfactory.
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