Evaluation of a community care project for people with learning difficulties.
The quality of life and adaptive behaviour of a group of 17 adults with learning difficulties who transferred from a long-stay hospital or hostel into small community-based group homes was assessed before and 1 year after the move. It was found that the increase in adaptive behaviour was largely dependent on structural staff procedures and there was a bias toward achievement in house-bound skills. Subjects had a low level of community presence and few meaningful relationships. Implications for service planning are discussed.
Fleming
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Department of Clinical Psychology, Olive Mount Hospital, Liverpool, England.
Stenfert Kroese
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D000203:Activities of Daily Living / Q000523:psychology; D000328:Adult; D003688:Deinstitutionalization; D005190:Family; D016352:Group Homes; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D007859:Learning Disabilities / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D012050:Rehabilitation, Vocational; D012917:Social Adjustment; D012931:Social Environment