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Peer reviewedLarson, Sheryl A.; Lakin, K. Charlie – Mental Retardation, 1992
This national study of direct-care staff members working in 101 small community homes for people with mental retardation found an annual staff turnover rate of 57 percent and staff plans to remain in the care-provider position for an average of 5.4 years. Variables associated with both staff turnover rate and intended length of stay are…
Descriptors: Adults, Attendants, Career Development, Caregivers
Larson, Sheryl A.; Lakin, K. Charlie – Journal of the Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps (JASH), 1991
This paper reviews 27 studies of parental attitudes on the deinstitutionalization of a family member with disabilities. Studies of existing institutional placements found high levels of satisfaction and opposition to deinstitutionalization, whereas studies of community placements found high levels of satisfaction with community placements and…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Deinstitutionalization (of Disabled), Disabilities, Group Homes
Stancliffe, Roger J.; Hayden, Mary F.; Larson, Sheryl A.; Lakin, K. Charlie – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 2002
Adaptive and challenging behavior changes associated with movement from Minnesota's state institutions to community homes were examined in 148 participants with mental retardation. Adaptive behavior declined among residents who moved to community programs but was unchanged for persons who moved to Home and Community Based Services Waiver-Funded…
Descriptors: Adaptive Behavior (of Disabled), Adults, Behavior Change, Community Programs
Download full textLarson, Sheryl A.; Lakin, K. Charlie – 1997
Two studies examined turnover among newly hired residential direct support workers in community homes serving people with developmental disabilities. In Study 1, 110 community homes for people with mental retardation in Minnesota were surveyed for facility and residential characteristics, direct support worker wages and benefits, recruitment and…
Descriptors: Agencies, Attendants, Community Programs, Developmental Disabilities
Peer reviewedKim, Shannon; Larson, Sheryl A.; Lakin, K. Charlie – Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 2001
A review of 33 studies of residential service outcomes found that almost all of the studies found statistically significant increases in overall adaptive behavior scores associated with deinstitutionalization of individuals with mental retardation. Three studies reported statistically significant improvements in challenging behavior associated…
Descriptors: Adaptive Behavior (of Disabled), Adults, Behavior Change, Behavior Problems
Larson, Sheryl A.; Lakin, K. Charlie – Policy Research Brief, 1989
The report summarizes 27 research studies which examined the attitudes and perspectives of parents of currently or formerly institutionalized people with mental retardation concerning movement from institutional to community placements. Several trends were evident. Parents whose offspring were living in institutions at the time of the survey were…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Community Programs, Deinstitutionalization (of Disabled), Group Homes
