title: Community adjustment of mobile people with learning difficulties after total hospital closure: a preliminary report.
abstract: A study is described in which 50 residents of a hospital for people with learning difficulties were assessed immediately before and 1 year after moving into two types of community provision; purpose-built campuses or small homes in residential streets. Measures were taken of residents' adaptive and unwanted behaviours and of aspects of their lifestyles. The results report the changes in these measures that were found for both campus and small home residents.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Institute of Psychiatry, London, England.
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Brook
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Bowler
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003156:Community Mental Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D003688:Deinstitutionalization; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability; D007899:Leisure Activities; D008019:Life Style; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012917:Social Adjustment; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires