Community placements for people with severe and profound learning disabilities and serious challenging behaviour: Individual illustrations of issues and problems
- 1 January 1995
- journal article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Mental Health
- Vol. 4 (2) , 183-198
- https://doi.org/10.1080/09638239550037721
Abstract
Three individual cases of adults with severe or profound learning disabilities who moved from institutional care to individually-designed placements in small group homes are used in order to illustrate implications for good practice, management and policy-making. One case was of a successful placement which showed improved results over time; the second was a placement closed down to save money and the third was a placement which broke down in crisis with readmission to institutional care, but which was eventually recreated successfully. The cases show the need to work at three levels: the relationship between the individual and their immediate environment, the relationship between how this environment is delivered and how the placement is organised; and the relationship between the placement and the service system of which it is part.Keywords
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