Community Adjustment of Former Residents of the Manitoba Development Centre. Final Report.

Autor/inn/en	Hughes, M. Jeffry; Segall, Alexander
Institution	Manitoba Univ., Winnipeg. Dept. of Educational Psychology.; Manitoba Univ., Winnipeg. Dept. of Sociology.
Titel	Community Adjustment of Former Residents of the Manitoba Development Centre. Final Report.
Quelle	(1988), (130 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Adjustment (to Environment); Attitudes toward Disabilities; Community Programs; Daily Living Skills; Deinstitutionalization (of Disabled); Group Homes; Institutionalized Persons; Mental Retardation; Normalization (Handicapped); Performance Factors; Predictor Variables; Quality of Life; Residential Programs; Social Adjustment; Canada + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Alltagsfertigkeit; Gruppenheim; Geistige Behinderung; Leistungsindikator; Prädiktor; Lebensqualität; Sozialer Wohnungsbau; Soziale Anpassung; Kanada
Abstract	This study investigated the community adjustment of individuals with mental retardation who were former residents of the Manitoba Development Centre (MDC) in Canada. The study explored the combined effects of personal factors, residential factors, and neighborhood attitudes on community adjustment, to identify the best set of predictors of community adjustment. The study focused on 91 former residents of the MDC who were released from the institution and who were living in the community at the time of the sampling, and 24 residents who were released but subsequently returned to live in the institution. Data were collected from MDC files; surveys of subjects, mental retardation workers, and 243 neighbors of community residents; and participant observation techniques with the community sample. Findings concerning the community sample include: (1) most (79%) lived in community residential facilities with paid staff, while a few lived independently or with parents; (2) virtually no community subjects participated in organized recreational activities with the non-handicapped in the community; (3) 74% were working, almost all in some kind of sheltered employment; (4) overall attitudes of the neighbors were quite positive; and (5) quality of life was quite satisfactory. Predictors determining community living or reinstitutionalization were the availability of a helper, subject's independent living skills, number of times re-admitted to the MDC, and behavior rating by the residential supervisor. (JDD)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC