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Resource Categories: Resident and Patient Rights
Disability Rights New Jersey advocates on behalf of individuals with disabilities, including, but not limited to, those with significant mental illnesses, the elderly, and those with Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBIs), who reside and receive services in in-patient facilities and institutions.
Youth Facilities
Group Homes and Residential Facilities for Individuals with Developmental Disabilities
Nursing Homes and Assisted Living Facilities
Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facilities
Psychiatric Advance Directives
A Psychiatric Advance Directive (PAD) is a document that details instructions on an individual’s psychiatric treatment in the event that individual is in crisis and lacks the capacity to make […]
Psychiatric Hospitals
Individuals receiving psychiatric in-patient treatment at psychiatric hospitals have legal rights. The rights of a patient depend on what legal status the individual has. There are three main legal statuses: […]