A psychiatric inpatient who is trying to make discharge plans asks a nurse to explain the difference between personal care homes and board-and-care homes. The nurse's best answer would be:
A) "Board-and-care homes provide more individualized attention and are licensed."
B) "Personal care homes serve fewer clients and provide more individualized attention."
C) "Board-and-care homes house less than a dozen clients and do not have to be licensed."
D) "They are essentially the same and neither type of facility has to be licensed."
B
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