The relationship between psychiatric disorders and the ability to age in place in assisted living.

Objective: Residential care/assisted living (RC/AL) has become a popular long-term care option in the past decade, in part because these settings offer residents a more home-like environment than nursing homes (NHs) while still offering supervision and assistance to meet individuals' personal and healthcare needs. One of the goals of RC/AL is to facilitate residents' ability to age in place by providing access to needed services and thereby delaying NH admission. This article explores individual and facility-level characteristics associated with discharge from RC/AL to NH with particular attention to persons with a psychiatric disorder.