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Evaluation of a community‐based day service for people with profound mental handicaps and additional special needs
Author(s) -
Allen David
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
mental handicap research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.056
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1468-3148
pISSN - 0952-9608
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-3148.1990.tb00035.x
Subject(s) - service (business) , unit (ring theory) , community service , special needs , control (management) , psychology , variety (cybernetics) , focus group , nursing , medicine , business , public relations , computer science , marketing , psychiatry , political science , mathematics education , artificial intelligence
ABSTRACT An evaluation is provided of an intensively staffed, community‐based day service for people with profound mental handicaps and additional special needs. A matched‐subject control group design was employed, in which the client outcomes of the new service were compared with those of a special care unit. Variables studied included: extent and focus of individual planning; community presence; nature, variety, and age‐appropriateness of activities; and levels of engagement. The community‐based model proved superior to special care provision on the majority of outcome measures. The data are discussed in relation to the financial costs of the respective services.