When planning community health care for a chronically mentally ill client, which factor is most significant?
1. Care should be provided in the least restrictive environment possible.
2. Clients with similar disturbances should be housed together.
3. Clients must understand instructions in accessing the crisis line.
4. Family members should supervise the client's activity when possible.
ANS: 1
A mandate exists that gives clients the right to receive care in the least restrictive environment possible. 2. No data exist to support this. 3. Some clients are unable to use this service, whereas others would abuse it. 4. Family members are not always available nor are they always the best qualified.
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