"We don't know if he will have an independent life or will be institutionalized for life" is a typical conclusion.
Residents who have been institutionalized for several years are generally medically stable, might live longer, and are therefore healthier and need fewer drugs.
After a beating at the hands of the police at age twenty-one in 1945, Powell's behavior grew erratic; he was institutionalized for a year, was given shock treatment, and spent the rest of his life struggling with mental illness.
Maynard had previously been institutionalized for mental illness, and was therefore barred from possessing a gun.
Sarah, his mother, was a schizophrenic, and was institutionalized for a time when Quincy was eight.
This was the fate of Judith Scott, the celebrated fiber artist with Down syndrome who was institutionalized for over three decades until being rescued by her twin sister.
The exclusion criteria were having been institutionalized for less than 3 months, suffering from a terminal disease, being blind and or deaf, exhibiting cognitive impairment with a score less than 18 on the Arabic Mini-Mental State Examination (AMMSE), and being below 60 years of age.
Every once in a while, I imagine that Emily was institutionalized for a reason; maybe she's hallucinating this whole scheme?
