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Community & family contact: an evaluation of small community homes for adults with severe and profound mental handicaps
- Authors:
- de KOCK Ursula, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Handicap Research, 1(2), July 1988, pp.127-14O.
- Publisher:
- BIMH Publications
Comparison with hospital and larger units.
Staff turnover in a small home service: a study of facilities for adults with severe and profound mental handicap
- Authors:
- de KOCK Ursula, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Handicap, 15(3), 1987, pp.97-101.
- Publisher:
- British Institute of Mental Handicap
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Grouping people with learning disabilities and challenging behaviour in residential care
- Authors:
- MANSELL Jim, BEADLE-BROWN Julie
- Journal article citation:
- Tizard Learning Disability Review, 9(2), April 2004, pp.4-10.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Grouping people with learning disabilities and challenging behaviour in residential care has been the focus of several recent research studies. Describes these studies and what they found. In general they found negative effects of grouping people with challenging behaviour together in terms of the quality of staff interaction with them and the outcomes they experience.
Change for the worse
- Author:
- VALIOS Natalie
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 6.3.03, 2003, pp.34-36.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Many care home owners are de-registering their properties to create independent tenancies for people with learning difficulties. Asks whether this reflects a desire to implement Valuing People or an attempt to avoid the constraints of the Care Standards Act.
The awakening
- Author:
- JOHNSON Ian
- Journal article citation:
- Care Weekly, 17.11.94, 1994, pp.12-13.
Describes how facilitated communication allowed people with severe learning disabilities in a residential home in Denmark to gain more influence over their daily lives.
A review of Individual Service Plan Goals for learners with challenging behaviours
- Authors:
- SIGAFOOS Jeff, et al
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 22(1), 1994, pp.6-10.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Reviews the types of goals included in Individual Service Plans for 20 people with severe learning disabilities in a large residential centre in Australia.
Social connections for older people with intellectual disability in Ireland: results from wave one of IDS-TILDA
- Authors:
- McCAUSLAND Darren, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 29(1), 2016, pp.71-82.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Background: The literature on influences of community versus congregated settings raises questions about how social inclusion can be optimised for people with intellectual disability. This study examines social contacts for older people with intellectual disability in Ireland, examining differences in social connection for adults with intellectual disability and other adults. Materials and Methods: Data were drawn from the IDS-TILDA study in Ireland. A nationally representative sample (n = 753) included adults aged 40 years and older, with additional comparison with general population participants. Predictors of social contacts were explored. Results: Residence, level of intellectual disability and age were significant factors determining social contact. People in institutional residences, older respondents and those with severe/profound intellectual disability had the lowest levels of contact; older adults with intellectual disability had much lower rates than general population counterparts. Conclusions: Community-dwelling people with intellectual disability have greater social contact than those living in institutions, but levels are below those for other adults in Ireland. (Publisher abstract)
Choice of living arrangements
- Authors:
- STANCLIFFE R.J., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 55(8), August 2011, pp.746-762.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
The rights to choose one’s home and living companions is widely endorsed but for individuals with intellectual disabilities the choice often involves a more complex interaction than for those whose lives are more autonomous. This study aims to provide a benchmark on the degree of choice exercised by adult service users in the USA using data came from the National Core Indicators programme. Participants were 6778 adult service users living in non-family-home service settings in 26 US states. The responses reveal that most adults with ID did not participate in choosing where and with whom to live. Those with more support needs because of more severe ID and/or co-occurring conditions had least choice. Individuals living in their own home or an agency-operated apartment more often chose where and with whom to live than individuals in nursing homes, institutions or group homes. Few individuals with severe or profound ID had any choice irrespective of their accommodation. The authors conclude that despite community-living policies that emphasise choice, many adult service users with ID in the USA experienced little or no choice about where and with whom to live.
House and housemate: an exploratory study of residential setting, interpersonal interactions and aggression in two persons with intellectual disabilities
- Authors:
- WARREN Keith, NEWSOMESean, ROE Brian
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Service Research, 4(30), 2004, pp.69-84.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Studies have consistently found higher levels of aggressive and auto-aggressive behavior among intellectually disabled (ID) residents of institutions and group homes than among ID residents in the community. However, the reasons for this discrepancy remain unclear. This exploratory study suggests that group living situations may increase the volatility of aggressive and auto-aggressive behaviors by leading to unstable nonlinear dynamics and providing the opportunity for deleterious interactions between residents. Nonlinear time series analysis of the aggressive and auto-aggressive behaviors of two group home residents provides initial support for these hypotheses. These findings lend support to the idea that community residence can be an important tool for decreasing aggressive behaviors. They also suggest that social workers might wish to give greater weight to the housemate choices of ID consumers so as to avoid deleterious housemate interactions. (Copies of this article are available from: Haworth Document Delivery Centre Haworth Press Inc., 10 Alice Street Binghamton, NY 13904-1580)
Communicating with the uncommunicative: music therapy with pre-verbal adults
- Author:
- GRAHAM Janet
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 32(1), March 2004, pp.24-29.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Reports on a qualitative research project on clinical work carried out at a residential unit for adults with learning disability. Most pre-verbal and nonverbal adults appear able to express emotions such as pain and anger with sounds such as crying, screaming or shouting. These sounds, however, are not always received as communication by care staff and can sometimes lead to further isolation. In addition, some clients make sounds, which seem intended to be self-reassuring or comforting and have become habitual and used as a barrier against others. This study centres on two examples of music therapy with pre-verbal clients where vocalization is used to establish an interactive relationship. In both examples, parallels are drawn with the spontaneous and instinctive strategies used in early parent-infant communication.