Longitudinal Frequency and Stability of Family Contact in Institutional and Community Living

Autor/inn/en	Stancliffe, Roger J.; Lakin, K. Charlie
Titel	Longitudinal Frequency and Stability of Family Contact in Institutional and Community Living
Quelle	In: Mental Retardation: A Journal of Practices, Policy and Perspectives, 44 (2006) 6, S.418-429 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0047-6765
DOI	10.1352/0047-6765(2006)44[418:LFASOF]2.0.CO;2
Schlagwörter	Mental Retardation; Institutionalized Persons; Residential Institutions; Community Programs; Group Homes; Family Relationship; Family Involvement; Incidence; Comparative Analysis; Longitudinal Studies + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Geistige Behinderung; Wohnumgebung; Gruppenheim; Vorkommen; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung
Abstract	We examined the frequency and stability of family contact with long-term institutional residents during a major deinstitutionalization project. Movers relocated to community accommodation between Assessments 1 (baseline) and 2. Stayers remained institutionalized. We investigated family contact longitudinally over four annual assessments. There was no significant between-group difference in frequency of family contact at baseline, but, subsequently, movers had more frequent family contact than did stayers. There was a significant decline over time in the proportion of stayers with family contact and a significant increase in movers with family contact, with a marked resumption of contact by movers during the first year of community living. Carefully supporting family (re)involvement during the relocation process may be associated with stable, long-term family contact. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10