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Clinical need variations of disabled persons residing in group homes
Author(s) -
Jacobson John W.,
Janicki Matthew P.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
journal of community psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.585
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 1520-6629
pISSN - 0090-4392
DOI - 10.1002/1520-6629(198501)13:1<54::aid-jcop2290130107>3.0.co;2-k
Subject(s) - group home , homogeneous , gerontology , service (business) , cohort , mental health , medicine , activities of daily living , psychology , nursing , psychiatry , business , physics , marketing , thermodynamics
Group home research has generally entailed comparison of these settings and their residents to institutions and their residents. Group home residents have frequently been treated as a homogeneous cohort of individuals. When group home development began, initial residents—usually individuals recently deinstitutionalized—were probably relatively homogeneous in regard to functional abilities and service needs, and generally similar to other disabled persons living in the community. Today, the residents of one group home may bear little resemblance to those of another. This report presents information about the types of group homes within a state system based upon the characteristics and service needs of 1,050 persons in 118 group homes and questions the role of community mental health centers in addressing certain service needs of group home residents.