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- Authors:
- RAMCHARAN Paul, McCLIMENS Alex, ROBERTS Bronwen
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 22.06.06, 2006, pp.34-35.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Community care, as it affects individuals labelled with learning difficulties, offers a chance of inclusion within mainstream society. More recently, the government's policy on antisocial behaviour orders threatens to encroach on ideas of tolerance, acceptance and diversity. The authors discuss the potential effects on people with learning difficulties.
Changing behaviour through relocation
- Author:
- MACLEOD Fiona
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 27.9.01, 2001, pp.40-41.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
Looks at how a move into a community home has altered the behaviour of four people with learning disabilities.
Self-appraised lifestyle satisfaction of persons with intellectual disability: the impact of personal characteristics and community residential facilities
- Author:
- SCHWARTZ Chaya
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 28(3), September 2003, pp.227-240.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
This study interviewed a total of 247 adults with intellectual disability from residents group homes, semi-independent and independent apartments in the community in Israel using the lifestyle satisfaction scale. Results found that residents personal and behavioural characteristics explained more of the variance of total lifestyle than the living arrangement. Among personal and behavioural variables, only need for mobility assistance and level of challenging behaviour predicted lifestyle satisfaction. Living in a semi- independent apartment made a significant and independent contribution to the total lifestyle satisfaction over and above the contribution made by personal and behavioural characteristics. However, participants who did not live in a semi-independent apartment expressed more lifestyle satisfaction than those who did.
Behaviourial outcomes of deinstitutionalisation for people with intellectual disability: a review of US studies conducted between 1980 and 1999
- Authors:
- KIM Shannon, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 26(1), March 2001, pp.35-50.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Ten years ago, the authors published a summary of all US studies published between 1976 and 1988, inclusive, that measured behavioural outcomes associated with the movement of people with mental retardation from public institutions to community residential settings. Those studies found with remarkable consistency that positive adaptive behaviour changes were associated with people moving from institutions to community homes. Now, the authors revisit this topic to examine whether research conducted since 1988 has continued to support these earlier findings. As in the earlier review, almost all of the reviewed studies found statistically significant increases in overall adaptive behaviour scores associated with deinstitutionalisation. Three studies published since 1990 reported statistically significant improvements in challenging behaviour associated with movement to the community, and nine reported no significant differences in challenging behaviour for persons who moved compared with persons who remained in institutions.
The long term effects of relocation on people with an intellectual disability: quality of life, behaviour, and environment
- Authors:
- COOPER Brian, PICTON Cliff
- Journal article citation:
- Research on Social Work Practice, 10(2), March 2000, pp.195-208.
- Publisher:
- Sage
This article reports on the long term effects of relocation on a sample of people with an intellectual disability who moved from an institution to the community and other institutions. Data were gathered for 3 years after relocation. Results revealed that a move to supported community residences and to refurbished units within other institutions was associated with increased quality of life/care and, for interinstitutional movers, decreased challenging behaviours. It is concluded that positive outcomes result from community placement and interinstitutional relocation. The implications and limitations of this evidence for social work research and practice are discussed.