A move from hospital to community: evaluation of community contacts
- 1 September 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Child: Care, Health and Development
- Vol. 13 (5), 341-354
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2214.1987.tb00550.x
Abstract
A small-scale evaluation was made of the activities and social contacts of a group of young mentally handicapped people in one project, leaving hospital to a house in the community. The results are consistent with other recent work in suggesting that residential provision in small homes for people with severe or profound intellectual or multiple handicaps is likely to lead to increased family contact, increased participation in activities outside of the residence, and an increased frequency and duration of contact with non-handicapped people. The study suggests that many of these benefits of life in the community are dependent in various ways upon the staff employed. The nature of the young people''s social contacts is examined and conclusions are drawn about specific issues, including staff selection and training, and attention to the maintenance as well as the provision of social contact.This publication has 8 references indexed in Scilit:
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