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Peer reviewedMitchell, Dale; Braddock, David – Mental Retardation, 1990
The article relates the nursing home component of a nationwide study of public mental retardation/developmental disabilities spending to requirements of Public Law 100-203. Approximately 51,000 individuals with developmental disabilities resided in nursing homes in 1989 of which 40 percent may need to be relocated under P.L. 100-203. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Federal Legislation, Long Term Care, Mental Retardation
Peer reviewedLyon, Richard; Bland, Wayne – Mental Retardation, 1969
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Exceptional Child Research, Mental Retardation, Nursing Homes
Peer reviewedLakin, K. Charlie; And Others – Mental Retardation, 1991
Analysis of the 1977 and 1985 National Nursing Home Surveys with respect to residents with mental retardation found little change in the size of the population; resident characteristics (such as other disabling conditions and functional limitations and primary source of payment); and level of services received. Challenges in implementing Public…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Human Services, Incidence, Individual Characteristics
