title: Moving out: an opportunity for friendship and broadening social horizons?
abstract: The study investigated the changes in social activities and social networks of people with mild learning difficulties who moved from family home and from a long-stay hospital to live more independently in the community. Twenty-five people with a learning difficulty, 12 mothers and 33 members of staff participated in this study based on interviews before and after the move to the community. It was found that people with a learning difficulty participated in more community-based activities after the move but they had very few opportunities to meet non-handicapped people. Their segregation remained a main source of dissatisfaction with their social life.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Stirling, Scotland.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jahoda
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cattermole
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Markova
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003688:Deinstitutionalization; D005260:Female; D006208:Halfway Houses; D006701:Home Nursing / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D007859:Learning Disabilities / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012917:Social Adjustment; D012931:Social Environment; D012944:Social Support