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Quality of life for people with learning disabilities in supported housing in the community
— a review of research | | Author(s) | Devid Felce |
| Corporate Author | Welsh Centre for Learning Disabilities Applied Research Unit, University of Wales College of Medicine; Centre for Evidence-Based Social Services, University of Exeter |
| Publisher | Centre for Evidence-Based Social Services, University of Exeter, Exeter, 2000 |
| Pages | 55 pp |
| Source | The Centre for Evidence-Based Social Services, University of Exeter, Amory Building, Rennes Drive, Exeter, Devon EX4 4RJ. Web site: http://www.ex.ac.uk/cebss |
| Keywords | Cognitive impairment ; Group homes ; Quality of life ; Well being ; Research Reviews. |
| Annotation | There has been a sea change in thinking about the design and residential support for adults with learning disabilities in past 30 years. Although reference is often made to quality of life, the concept remains ill-defined and contentious. The first part of the review proposes a framework for assessing quality of life based on six categories of well-being that can be applied to the evaluation of services: physical, material, social productive, emotional, and civic well-being. British research comparing these aspects of quality of life (also user satisfaction) in different residential service models - primarily institutions and community housing services (e.g. group homes) - is summarised. Community housing has not always been shown by research to be significantly better; however, in most cases it has been shown to bring significant benefits. The review concludes by suggesting an optimum evidence-based service design. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-020513004 B |
| Classmark | E4: KLN: F:59: D:F:5HH: 3A:6KC |
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