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Service Use and Costs of Support 12 Years after Leaving Hospital
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Hallam, Angela; Beecham, Jennifer; Knapp, Martin; Carpenter, John; Cambridge, Paul; Forrester-Jones, Rachel; Tate, Alison; Coolen-Schrijner, Pauline; Wooff, David – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2006
Background: There have been major changes in the provision and organization of services for people with intellectual disabilities in England over the last 30 years, particularly deinstitutionalization and the development of the mixed economy of care. The experiences of the people who participated in the Care in the Community Demonstration…
Descriptors: Health Services, Individual Characteristics, Mental Retardation, Hospitals
The Social Networks of People with Intellectual Disability Living in the Community 12 Years after Resettlement from Long-Stay Hospitals
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Forrester-Jones, Rachel; Carpenter, John; Coolen-Schrijner, Pauline; Cambridge, Paul; Tate, Alison; Beecham, Jennifer; Hallam, Angela; Knapp, Martin; Wooff, David – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2006
Background: The social inclusion of people with intellectual disabilities presents a major challenge to services. As part of a 12-year follow up of people resettled from long-stay hospitals, the size of 213 individuals' social networks and the types of social support they received were investigated, as viewed by people with intellectual…
Descriptors: Social Support Groups, Social Integration, Mental Retardation, Hospitals