Nineteen adult homes are accused of using unwarranted 911 calls to discipline mentally and emotionally disabled residents by sending them to psychiatric emergency rooms, according to a new lawsuit.

He said homes often take advantage of fits of anger to oust patients, claiming they need psychiatric care. About 70 percent of American nursing homes are for profit.

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The analysis also found that the number of adults who visited emergency rooms increased by about 30 percent from 2002 to 2011. At the same time, the number of psychiatric patient visits increased ...