transinstitutionalization

transinstitutionalization

English

Etymology

From trans- +‎ institutionalization.

Noun

transinstitutionalization (uncountable)

  1. The relocation of one or more people from one type of institutional facility to another (for example from a residential psychiatric hospital to a prison, a general hospital, or a nursing home), either intentionally (as a planned transfer) or as a side effect of another decision (such as a governmental decision to close residential mental hospitals).
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