TY - JOUR
T1 - The effects of deinstitutionalization on adults with learning disabilities
AU - Cullen, Chris
AU - Whoriskey, Margaret
AU - McKenzie, Karen
AU - Mitchell, W.
AU - Ralston, Kevin
AU - Shreeve, S.
AU - Stanley, A.
PY - 1995/12
Y1 - 1995/12
N2 - We compared a group of people with learning disabilities who have been deinstitutionalized with a control group remaining in an institution on measures of adaptive and maladaptive behaviour, community living skills, social skills, and quality of life. In general, there was no change over 30 months for the control group. Changes for the experimental group were either not seen or were generally modest in scale, and tended to occur within 6 months of moving, the measures staying relatively stable thereafter. Implications for detailed examination of the effects of deinstitutionalization were discussed.
AB - We compared a group of people with learning disabilities who have been deinstitutionalized with a control group remaining in an institution on measures of adaptive and maladaptive behaviour, community living skills, social skills, and quality of life. In general, there was no change over 30 months for the control group. Changes for the experimental group were either not seen or were generally modest in scale, and tended to occur within 6 months of moving, the measures staying relatively stable thereafter. Implications for detailed examination of the effects of deinstitutionalization were discussed.
U2 - 10.1111/j.1365-2788.1995.tb00568.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1365-2788.1995.tb00568.x
M3 - Article
SN - 0964-2633
VL - 39
SP - 484
EP - 494
JO - Journal of Intellectual Disability Research
JF - Journal of Intellectual Disability Research
IS - 6
ER -