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Direct linkBigby, Christine; Knox, Marie; Beadle-Brown, Julie; Clement, Tim; Mansell, Jim – Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2012
Culture recurs as an important but under-investigated variable associated with resident outcomes in supported accommodation for people with intellectual disability. This study aimed to conceptualize the potential dimensions of culture in all group homes and describe the culture in underperforming group homes. A secondary analysis, using an…
Descriptors: Action Research, Quality of Life, Severe Mental Retardation, Group Homes
Higgins, Laura; Mansell, Jim – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2009
Older people with intellectual disabilities sometimes live in older people's homes rather than homes for people with intellectual disabilities. Little is known about their quality of life in these homes. A non-equivalent comparison group design was used to compare the quality of life of 59 people in three groups; older people without an…
Descriptors: Participant Characteristics, Mental Retardation, Community Involvement, Quality of Life
Beadle-Brown, Julie; Hutchinson, Aislinn; Mansell, Jim – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2008
Background: National minimum standards for residential care homes were introduced following the Care Standards Act 2000 in response to concern about the lack of consistency and poor quality services. These standards are intended to reflect outcomes for service users and to be comprehensive in scope. Method: This study compared ratings made by care…
Descriptors: Residential Care, Mental Retardation, Inspection, Standards
Mansell, Jim; Beadle-Brown, Julie – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2009
Background: The purpose of this review was to evaluate the available research on the quality and costs of dispersed community-based housing when compared with clustered housing. Methods: Searches against specified criteria yielded 19 papers based on 10 studies presenting data comparing dispersed housing with some kind of clustered housing (village…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Quality of Life, Housing, Costs
Mansell, Jim; Beadle-Brown, Julie; Whelton, Beckie; Beckett, Celia; Hutchinson, Aislinn – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2008
Background: An important question in community living is what factors influence the extent to which staff provide "active support". Methods: Engagement, care practices and a range of staff and organizational characteristics were studied in 72 residential homes serving 359 adults with intellectual disabilities. Managers in 36 settings were trained…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Qualifications, Multivariate Analysis, Delivery Systems
Adams, Lynn; Beadle-Brown, Julie; Mansell, Jim – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2006
Individual plans for people with intellectual disabilities were evaluated for quality and effectiveness in improving quality of life. Quality was assessed by rating whether goals were relevant, observable, age appropriate, necessary, timetabled, developmental, measurable, realistic, assigned to staff and improving at least one of O'Brien's five…
Descriptors: Planning, Quality of Life, Mental Retardation, Objectives
Mansell, Jim – Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 2006
Background: Deinstitutionalisation of services for people with intellectual disabilities has become a focus of disability policy in many countries. Research for the most part supports this strategy. However, outcomes are not uniformly better for everyone who moves to community living. This paper explores reasons for variability in service quality…
Descriptors: Normalization (Disabilities), Public Policy, Severity (of Disability), Mental Retardation
