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Daily activity, community participation and quality of life in an ordinary housing network
- Authors:
- RAPLEY Mark, BEYER Stephen
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 9(1), 1996, pp.31-39.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Many studies of the quality of ordinary housing have relied upon objective indices, which permit only inferential judgments to be made about quality of life of service users. Quality of life has recently emerged as a key outcome criterion against which to assess the success of community based services for people with intellectual disabilities. A small scale study was conducted to assess the extent to which objective measures of service quality were enhanced by the addition of a QOL measure. Data suggested that isolation and disengagement characterised the sample. It is concluded that the ordinary house remains a necessary, but insufficient component of an integrative service model.