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Functional grouping in residential homes for people with intellectual disabilities

Mansell, Jim, Beadle-Brown, Julie, Macdonald, Susan, Ashman, Bev (2003) Functional grouping in residential homes for people with intellectual disabilities. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 24 (3). pp. 170-182. ISSN 0891-4222. (doi:10.1016/S0891-4222(03)00027-1) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:638)

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0891-4222(03)00027-1

Abstract

The effects of functional grouping of people with intellectual disabilities on care practices in small residential homes in the community were investigated. A group comparison and a matched-pairs comparison were carried out in settings where less than or more than 75% residents were non-verbal, non-ambulant, had severe challenging behaviour, severe social impairment or were verbal and ambulant. Further analysis, focused on those with challenging behaviour was carried out using ordinal regression. In the group-comparison study, no significant differences were found for three of the five groups. Residents who were non-ambulant were rated as receiving care with less interpersonal warmth in grouped settings; residents with severe challenging behaviour were rated as receiving less good care practices in four respects (interpersonal warmth, assistance from staff, level of speech and staff teamwork) in grouped settings. The matched-pairs comparison found significant differences only for people with challenging behaviour, where grouped settings achieved less good results in terms of interpersonal warmth and staff teamwork. Higher adaptive behaviour and mixed settings were predictive of better care practices on 13 of 14 items of the Active Support Measure (ASM), with some setting variables also predictive for some items. Care practices only appear to vary for people with challenging behaviour, where grouped settings appear to offer less good results in some respects.

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1016/S0891-4222(03)00027-1
Uncontrolled keywords: resident characteristics; grouping; residential homes
Subjects: H Social Sciences
H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform
Divisions: Divisions > Division for the Study of Law, Society and Social Justice > School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research > Tizard
Divisions > Division for the Study of Law, Society and Social Justice > School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research
Depositing User: Julie Beadle-Brown
Date Deposited: 19 Dec 2007 18:23 UTC
Last Modified: 16 Nov 2021 09:39 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/638 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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Mansell, Jim.

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Beadle-Brown, Julie.

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