Contract cancellation to force mentally ill patients out of skilled nursing homes

TornLOS ANGELES: In six weeks, the facilities housing nearly 2,000 patients requiring long-term mental health care will be shut down. Where are the patients going to go? The department of health says it has a plan, but no one has seen the plan – least of all the families of those affected.

Nompilo Nkosi loves her 29-year-old brother Sizwe. She wants him home. “But there’s no way. It’s impossible,” she says…

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