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Geographic Differences in Social-Welfare Oriented Institutional Care for People with Disabilities in Taiwan, 2002-2009
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Lin, Lan-Ping; Hsu, Shang-Wei; Kuo, Fang-Yu; Lin, Jin-Ding – Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 2013
The present paper aims to provide information of long-term trend of distribution and utilization of institutional care resource for people with disabilities by different geographic areas in Taiwan. Data were analyzed using governmental reported general population by administrative area, population of persons with disabilities, and the profile of…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Foreign Countries, Welfare Services, Social Services
Wellbeing Perception of Institutional Caregivers Working for People with Disabilities: Use of Subjective Happiness Scale and Satisfaction with Life Scale Analyses
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Lin, Jin-Ding; Lin, Pei-Ying; Wu, Chia-Ling – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2010
Little scientific research has focused on the measure of how positive wellbeing of people caring for people with disabilities. The purposes of the present study are to explore the wellbeing perception and its determinants of caregivers who caring for people with disability. We employed a cross-sectional, self-administrative structured…
Descriptors: Residential Care, Life Satisfaction, Quality of Life, Caregivers
The Origin of Camphill and the Social Pedagogic Impulse
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Jackson, Robin – Educational Review, 2011
In this paper the origin of the Camphill Movement will be outlined. Particular attention will be paid to the influence of the Moravian Brethren educational model in the development of the Camphill Schools. A key influence which helped to shape Camphill philosophy and practice was the writing of Jan Amos Comenius (1592-1670), a bishop in the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Individual Needs, Children, Residential Care
Staffing Trends of Disability Care Institutions in Taiwan during the Period 2002-2007
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Fang, Wen-Hui; Yen, Chia-Feng; Wu, Jia-Ling; Lin, Lan-Ping; Kuo, Fang-Yu; Chou, Yu-Ching; Lin, Jin-Ding – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2009
The objectives of this study were to examine trends related to the staffing of disability welfare institutions caring for people with disabilities in Taiwan. Nationwide data from the 2002 to 2007 "Service Manpower in Disability Welfare Institutions" report, which are derived mainly from the Department of Statistics, Ministry of the…
Descriptors: Nurses, Disabilities, Foreign Countries, Social Work
Sexual Abuse of Vulnerable Young and Old Men
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Roberto, Karen A.; Teaster, Pamela B.; Nikzad, Katherina A. – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2007
During a 4-year period, aggregated data from Adult Protective Services case files in Virginia revealed 17 cases of sexually abused young, middle-age, and old men. The most common types of sexual abuse across age groups involved instances of sexualized kissing and fondling and unwelcome sexual interest in the individual men's bodies. The majority…
Descriptors: Investigations, Males, Child Abuse, Sexual Abuse
Are Consumer-Directed Home Care Beneficiaries Satisfied? Evidence from Washington State
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Wiener, Joshua M.; Anderson, Wayne L.; Khatutsky, Galina – Gerontologist, 2007
Purpose: This study analyzed the effect of consumer-directed versus agency-directed home care on satisfaction with paid personal assistance services among Medicaid beneficiaries in Washington State. Design and Methods: The study analyzed a survey of 513 Medicaid beneficiaries receiving home- and community-based services. As part of a larger study,…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Least Squares Statistics, Satisfaction, Social Services