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Stress and the Move into Community Accommodation.
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Bramston, Paul; Cummins, Robert A. – Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 1998
This study follows the concerns and stresses of four Australian people with mental retardation for five months as they moved out into a community-based supported accommodation. The transition was seen as a positive event which lowered stress, however, other issues gradually re-emerged and their perceived stress level soon rose again. (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Adults, Community Programs, Foreign Countries, Independent Living
Community Services Available to Older Adults with Intellectual Disabilities.
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Buys, Laurie R.; Rushworth, Jennifer S. – Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 1997
A study of 162 community-based organizations that assist older adults or people with intellectual disabilities in Brisbane, Australia, investigated the types of programs offered to older adults with intellectual disabilities. Results indicate that there were no programs offered that provided special services for older adults with intellectual…
Descriptors: Community Organizations, Community Programs, Community Services, Community Support
Deinstitutionalization in the UK and Ireland: Outcomes for Service Users.
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Emerson, Eric; Hatton, Chris – Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 1996
The United Kingdom literature on effects of deinstitutionalization of adults with developmental disabilities from 1980 to 1994 was reviewed. Analysis generally associated smaller, community-based residential services with improvements in user engagement, adaptive behaviors and challenging behaviors, community acceptance and integration,…
Descriptors: Adults, Community Programs, Deinstitutionalization (of Disabled), Developmental Disabilities
Outcomes and Costs of Community Living: A Matched Comparison of Group Homes and Semi-Independent Living.
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Stancliffe, Roger J.; Keane, Sian – Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 2000
Consumer outcomes and recurrent service costs were compared for 31 individuals with disabilities in group homes and 56 individuals living semi-independently in Australia. Participants living semi-independently had significantly less social dissatisfaction, used community facilities more frequently and independently, participated more in domestic…
Descriptors: Adults, Community Programs, Comparative Analysis, Disabilities
Neighbourhood and Community Experience, and the Quality of Life of Rural Adolescents with and without an Intellectual Disability.
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Pretty, Grace; Rapley, Mark; Bramston, Paul – Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 2002
A comparison of 14 Australian adolescents with mild intellectual disabilities and 13 typical adolescents found no significant differences between the groups on community usage and lifestyle patterns. The discussion promotes the inclusion of community factors when investigating community integration of adolescents with a disability. (Contains…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Community Programs, Community Resources, Community Satisfaction
Closure of the Challinor Centre II: An Extended Report on 95 Individuals after 12 Months of Community Living.
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Young, Louise; Ashman, Adrian; Sigafoos, Jeff; Grevell, Paul – Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 2001
As part of an institutional closure program, 95 Australian individuals with mental retardation were relocated to community-based group homes. Assessments indicated improvements in adaptive functioning but not significant change in maladaptive behavior. There were also improvements in life circumstances and increased opportunities for choice-making…
Descriptors: Adaptive Behavior (of Disabled), Adults, Behavior Change, Behavior Problems
Residential Supports for People with Intellectual Disabilities: Questions and Challenges from the UK.
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Emerson, Eric – Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 1999
This article uses recent developments in United Kingdom services as a case study to identify challenges facing the provision of residential supports to people with intellectual disabilities. It discusses responding to existing levels of unmet needs and increasing demand, reducing inequalities in access and service quality, and obtaining and…
Descriptors: Adults, Case Studies, Children, Community Programs
Community Living and People with Intellectual Disability: Introduction to Part II.
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Stancliffe, Roger J.; Emerson, Eric; Lakin, K. Charlie – Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 2001
This introductory article discusses major Australian deinstitutionalization initiatives and presents data on trends in institutional living in Australia, the United States, and the United Kingdom. All three countries continue to witness a fall in the institutional population of people with intellectual disability and an increase in community…
Descriptors: Adults, Attitude Change, Change Strategies, Children
Perceptions of Change, Advantage and Quality of Life for People with Intellectual Disability Who Left a Long Stay Institution To Live in the Community.
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O'Brien, Patricia; Thesing, Avril; Tuck, Bryan; Capie, Angus – Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 2001
Interviews were conducted with staff and family members of 54 Australian individuals with mental retardation and with nine of the individuals, who had been moved from a psychiatric hospital to community residential homes. Overall, all informants regarded the move as positive and reported improvements in daily living skills, social skills, and…
Descriptors: Adaptive Behavior (of Disabled), Adults, Children, Community Programs