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Surveying Community Nursing Support for Persons with an Intellectual Disability and Palliative Care Needs
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Bailey, Maria; Doody, Owen; Lyons, Rosemary – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2016
Palliative care services have developed over the years to support all persons with life-limiting conditions. Moreover, services for people with an intellectual disability have moved from the traditional institutional setting to supporting people with an intellectual disability to live in their own community and family home. The expansion of…
Descriptors: Community Surveys, Nursing, Intellectual Disability, Statistical Analysis
The Effectiveness Paradox: Institutional vs Community Placement of Offenders.
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Sarri, Rosemary – Journal of Social Issues, 1981
Empirical data show that there are more negative consequences for youth offenders committed to institutional rather than community-based programs. However, public policy, governed by political factors rather than knowledge of the relative effectiveness of alternative programs, favors punishment and retribution over rehabilitation goals.…
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Community Programs, Community Support, Comparative Analysis
A Dialogue: Crime, Corrections and the Community. Final Evaluation Report.
Firland Correctional Center, Seattle, WA. – 1977
Results are reported of four community dialogues held in Seattle, Washington, involving members of the community, residents of the nearby Firlands Mini-Prison, and professionals working in various areas of legal and justice systems. The four dialogue sessions covered the following topics: (1) the correctional system as a reflection of social…
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Community Involvement, Community Programs, Community Relations
A Dialogue Between Steilacoom and McNeil Island Federal Penitentiary--Neighbors for 100 Years: Final Evaluation Report.
Steilacoom Prisoners' Support House, WA. – 1975
The report evaluates a project to stimulate dialog between staff and inmates of a Federal penitentiary and members of a nearby community. The purpose was to bring prison and community people together to begin discussion of crime, punishment, rehabilitation, and recidivism in an atmosphere of informed, reflective thought. Nearly 500 people…
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Community Involvement, Community Programs, Community Relations
Still Looking for the Rose Garden: The Effects of Deinstitutionalizing Mental Health Services.
Detzer, Eric – Humanist, 1983
The shift from institutional to community-based care for the mentally ill failed because communities were not prepared to undertake this responsibility. Suggestions for more humane care are given. (IS)
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Community Programs, Community Resources, Community Support
The Delivery of Services to Mentally Retarded Persons Living in Rural Areas: Context, Problems and Issues.
Horejsi, Charles R. – 1978
Strategies and techniques for developing community-based programs for mentally retarded persons in rural areas must take into consideration local circumstances, resources, and characteristics. Rural norms such as overt racial segregation, social conformity, the importance of church, and the stigma of obtaining human services for personal problems…
Descriptors: American Indian Reservations, Community Attitudes, Community Characteristics, Community Programs
Community Mobilization: Strategies To Support Young Children and Their Families.
Dombro, Amy Laura; O'Donnell, Nina Sazer; Galinsky, Ellen; Melchar, Sarah Gilkeson; Farber, Abby – 1996
Noting the increasing need for public officials, practitioners, business leaders, concerned citizens, and parents to work together to improve the quality of life for young children and families, this book for community organizations provides information needed to begin or enhance local or statewide community mobilization efforts. Included are…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Community Action, Community Attitudes, Community Cooperation