Changes in the self-rated well-being of people who move from congregated settings to personalized arrangements and group home placements
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McConkey, R., Keogh, F., Bunting, B., Garcia Iriarte, E., Changes in the self-rated well-being of people who move from congregated settings to personalized arrangements and group home placements, Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 22, 1, 2017, 49 - 60Download Item:
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A natural experiment contrasted the self-rated well-being of people with intellectual disabilities (n = 75) and those with enduring mental health problems (n = 44) after they moved to new accommodation and support options, while others remained in congregated settings or living in the family home. Most support staff also provided well-being ratings. In personalized arrangements, personal well-being was significantly higher than in congregated settings; particularly for people with intellectual disability who had higher support needs compared to people with mental health problems. Moving to a group home also brought some improvement in the well-being ratings of people with intellectual disability but only for those with higher support needs. Such moves seemed to lead to a decline in well-being for those with mental health problems. There were marked discrepancies between ratings given by the person with those of staff. The well-being measure shows promise for use in further comparative and longitudinal studies.
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Author: Garcia Iriarte, Edurne
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Intellectual disability, Mental health problems, Well-being, Personalization, ResettlementSubject (TCD):
Inclusive Society , Intellectual Disability , Personalisation , Resettlement , WELL-BEING , mental health and intellectual disabilityDOI:
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