Deinstitutionalization for Older Adults with Severe Mental Retardation: Results From Australia

Autor/inn/en	Young, Louise; Ashman, Adrian F.
Titel	Deinstitutionalization for Older Adults with Severe Mental Retardation: Results From Australia
Quelle	In: American Journal on Mental Retardation, 109 (2004) 5, S.397-412 (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0895-8017
DOI	10.1352/0895-8017(2004)109<397:DFOAWS>2.0.CO;2
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Normalization (Disabilities); Relocation; Quality of Life; Severe Mental Retardation; Adjustment (to Environment); Behavior Problems; Decision Making; Older Adults; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Normalisierung; Umsetzung; Lebensqualität; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Älterer Erwachsener; Australien
Abstract	A deinstitutionalization research project in which residents from the largest institution in Queensland, Australia, were relocated after a government decision to close the center was described. Outcomes of relocation into community living for adults with severe mental retardation, many of whom were older (over 40 years) and had been institutionalized for much of their lives, was addressed within the Australian context. Results from the relocation and outcomes for people aged 20 to 39 years (n = 37), 40 to 59 years (n = 39), and over 60 years (n = 24) were described. Group results focused on adaptive and maladaptive behavior, choice-making, and objective life quality were discussed together with the implications for service provision. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10