Intellectual disabilityHousingNeedsSocial mixChoiceAllocation of housing and support services for people with intellectual disability is based on three major sets of criteria: an assessment of the applicants' needs; considerations of social mix; and the applicants' own choices. This article examines the...
Method This study compared ratings made by care standards inspectors with research measures for 52 homes for people with intellectual disabilities serving 299 people. The research measures focused on the lived experience of residential care, including engagement in meaningful activity, choice and parti...
The Royal College of Nursing has developed guidance to help nurses and care staff work effectively with issues of sexuality, intimate relationships and sex, particularly for older people living in care homes. This article looks at the barriers to ensuring the sexual rights and freedoms of care hom...
'Care in the Community' five years on How well does community care work for people with learning disabilities? Do people enjoy a good quality of life? Are they able to gain access to the services they need and are their preferences taken into account? How is community care c... P Cambri...
摘要: This paperco nsiderst hem ain aspects and questionst hat are requiredt obe ask ed by any designer of residences that include high-end technology for people with disabilities. It seeks to reframe the design process to extend the concepts of...
Group homes for children are usually temporary placements, providing care until a foster family can be secured. Others may return to their natural families. Occasionally, halfway homes for people recently released from prison or discharged from a substance abuse program may also be referred to as ...
For some people, these caregiving responsibilities may lead to a sustained and escalating situation of stress, which also heightens the risk of abuse due to an inability to cope with or manage stress and burden [27, 28]. Although relatives are not legally required to provide care after ...
When just39% of Americanscan cover an unexpected, $1,000 dollar expense, and housing in the Bay Area is already dangerously unaffordable, it’s going to be materially impossible for most people to pay back the rent they owe. And they will have to pay it. ...
Finally, to provide housing for older people looking for affordable and secure homes in their old age will require 690,000 homes, it said. The report said due to the high cost of housing now, young households today will be less likely than earlier cohorts to save a sufficient amount for ...
MOVAID: a personal robot in everyday life of disabled and elderly people The growing number of disabled and elderly citizens, on one side, and the wide spreading of technology in everyday life, on the other, has led to a consist... P Dario,E Guglielmelli,C Laschi,... - 《Technology...