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Direct linkBigby, Christine; Bould, Emma; Iacono, Teresa; Kavanagh, Shane; Beadle-Brown, Julie – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2020
Background: Active Support, now widely adopted by disability support organizations, is difficult to implement. The study aim was to identify the factors associated with good Active Support. Methods: Data on service user and staff characteristics, quality of Active Support and practice leadership were collected from a sample of services from 14…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Social Support Groups, Training, Leadership
Bigby, Christine; Beadle-Brown, Julie – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2018
Background: The quality of life (QOL) of people with intellectual disability living in supported accommodation services is variable, influenced by many possible factors. Various frameworks have attempted to identify these factors without assigning value, direction of influence or relative impact on outcomes. Methods: A realist review of the…
Descriptors: Quality of Life, Intellectual Disability, Residential Institutions, Leadership
Humphreys, Lincoln; Bigby, Christine; Iacono, Teresa – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2020
Background: Research has shown that there is variability in quality of life (QOL) outcomes for people with intellectual disabilities who live in group homes. The aim was to examine dimensions of group home culture as predictors of QOL outcomes. Method: The Group Home Culture Scale (GHCS) was used to measure staff perceptions of culture in 23 group…
Descriptors: Quality of Life, Intellectual Disability, Group Homes, Caregiver Attitudes
Bigby, Christine; Bould, Emma; Beadle-Brown, Julie – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2019
Background: Research indicates the value of active support in achieving good outcomes across a number of quality of life domains for people with intellectual disabilities. However, implementation is not easy, and little research has explored why. We aimed to identify some of the factors that impact on implementation of active support in supported…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Quality of Life, Intellectual Disability, Staff Development
