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The Influence of Supports Strategies, Environmental Factors, and Client Characteristics on Quality of Life-Related Personal Outcomes
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Claes, Claudia; Van Hove, Geert; Vandevelde, Stijn; van Loon, Jos; Schalock, Robert – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2012
The concept of quality of life (QOL) is increasingly being used as a support provision and outcomes evaluation framework in the field of intellectual disability (ID). The present study used a hierarchical multiple regression research design to determine the role that available supports strategies, environmental factors, and client characteristics…
Descriptors: Quality of Life, Mental Retardation, Client Characteristics (Human Services), Environmental Influences
Providing Services in the United Kingdom to People with an Intellectual Disability Who Present Behaviour Which Challenges: A Review of the Literature
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McKenzie, Karen – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2011
There is ongoing debate about the best model of service provision for people with an intellectual disability who present severe behavioural challenges. The present paper reviewed research which evaluated a range of UK service provision in terms of impact on challenging behaviour and other quality of life indices. A literature search was carried…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mental Retardation, Behavior Problems, Human Services
Focus on Interaction: The Use of an Individualized Support Program for Persons with Profound Intellectual and Multiple Disabilities
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Vlaskamp, Carla; van der Putten, Annette – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2009
In supporting individuals with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities (PIMD), professionals have expressed the need for a person-centered planning method especially targeted for the highly complex and specialized support needs of these clients. The current study has evaluated the effectiveness of an Individual Support Program especially…
Descriptors: Client Characteristics (Human Services), Client Characteristics, Multiple Disabilities, Interaction
Associations between Emotional Exhaustion, Social Capital, Workload, and Latitude in Decision-Making among Professionals Working with People with Disabilities
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Kowalski, Christoph; Driller, Elke; Ernstmann, Nicole; Alich, Saskia; Karbach, Ute; Ommen, Oliver; Schulz-Nieswandt, Frank; Pfaff, Holger – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2010
Background: Many people working in human services in Western countries suffer from burnout, characterized by emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and decreased personal performance. Prevention of emotional exhaustion (the first phase of burnout) constitutes a great challenge because emotional exhaustion may cause increasing turnover rates in…
Descriptors: Human Services, Fatigue (Biology), Physical Disabilities, Mental Retardation
Staffing Trends of Disability Care Institutions in Taiwan during the Period 2002-2007
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Fang, Wen-Hui; Yen, Chia-Feng; Wu, Jia-Ling; Lin, Lan-Ping; Kuo, Fang-Yu; Chou, Yu-Ching; Lin, Jin-Ding – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2009
The objectives of this study were to examine trends related to the staffing of disability welfare institutions caring for people with disabilities in Taiwan. Nationwide data from the 2002 to 2007 "Service Manpower in Disability Welfare Institutions" report, which are derived mainly from the Department of Statistics, Ministry of the…
Descriptors: Nurses, Disabilities, Foreign Countries, Social Work
A Cross-Sectional Study of the Characteristics and Determinants of Emergency Care Utilization among People with Intellectual Disabilities in Taiwan
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Lin, Jin-Ding; Yen, Chia-Feng; Loh, Ching-Hui; Hsu, Shang-Wei; Huang, Hui-Chi; Tang, Chi-Chieh; Li, Chi-Wei; Wu, Jia-Ling – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2006
Aims: The purpose of this study was to identify health characteristics of people with intellectual disabilities (ID) and to assess the use of emergency care facilities by these people and factors affecting this utilization. Method: A cross-sectional study was employed. Subjects were recruited from the Taiwan National Disability Registration…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Foreign Countries, Therapy, Multiple Disabilities