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Quality of life and quality of support for people with severe intellectual disability and complex needs

Beadle-Brown, Julie, Leigh, Jennifer S, Whelton, Beckie, Richardson, Lisa, Beecham, Jennifer, Bäumker, Theresia, Bradshaw, Jill (2015) Quality of life and quality of support for people with severe intellectual disability and complex needs. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, online . 0-0. ISSN 1360-2322. (doi:10.1111/jar.12200) (KAR id:48663)

Abstract

Background: People with severe and profound intellectual disabilities often spend substantial time isolated and disengaged. The nature and quality of the support appears to be important in determining quality of life.

Methods: Structured observations and staff questionnaires were used to explore the quality of life and quality of support for 110 people with severe and profound disabilities and complex needs.

Results: On average, people spent approximately 40% of their time engaged in meaningful activities, received contact from staff 25% of the time (6% in the form of assistance to be engaged). Just over one-third received consistently good active support, which was associated with other measures of quality of support and emerged as the strongest predictor of outcomes.

Conclusions: Quality of life and quality of support were relatively poor, although with about one-third of people receiving skilled support. Consistently good active support was the best predictor of outcome and proposed as a good indicator of skilled support.

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1111/jar.12200
Uncontrolled keywords: active support;complex needs;quality of life;quality of support
Subjects: H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General)
Divisions: Divisions > Division for the Study of Law, Society and Social Justice > School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research > Tizard
Depositing User: Beckie Whelton
Date Deposited: 27 May 2015 13:42 UTC
Last Modified: 03 May 2024 03:07 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/48663 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

University of Kent Author Information

Beadle-Brown, Julie.

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Leigh, Jennifer S.

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Whelton, Beckie.

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Richardson, Lisa.

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Beecham, Jennifer.

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Bäumker, Theresia.

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Bradshaw, Jill.

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