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Hospital to community: a pilot rehabilitation project for elderly mentally retarded
Author(s) -
SINGH T. HARI,
BALASUBRAMANIAM S. S.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
journal of intellectual disability research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.941
H-Index - 104
eISSN - 1365-2788
pISSN - 0964-2633
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2788.1989.tb01448.x
Subject(s) - independent living , rehabilitation , mentally retarded , community integration , gerontology , community service , mentally ill , life style , activities of daily living , social support , psychology , community center , group home , nursing , medicine , psychiatry , physical therapy , mental health , developmental psychology , social psychology , mental illness , political science , psychotherapist , public relations , recreation , law
. Four mentally handicapped patients, three of whom were aged 75 years plus, with a mean age of 67 years (in 1981) and a total institutional life of 160 years, have been successfully rehabilitated in a group home in an active community environment since August 1981. The process of preparing them for independent living, the social services and community nursing support need, the qualitative change in their life style are described. The success is defined as a fuller community integrated living, free of institutional rigidity and freedom to do what they like with some support and using all the community services as used by other people.