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Who can live alone?
Author(s) -
Staite Susan,
Torpy David M.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
journal of the british institute of mental handicap (apex)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.633
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 1468-3156
pISSN - 0261-9997
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-3156.1983.tb00131.x
Subject(s) - scheme (mathematics) , scale (ratio) , psychology , demography , gerontology , psychiatry , medicine , geography , mathematics , cartography , sociology , mathematical analysis
This report describes the process by which mentally handicapped people were chosen for the Priory Court Scheme in Bristol. This is a semi‐independent living scheme where residents live alone or in groups with a warden on site. Candidates were chosen following a two‐week observation period in a simulated home. “Chosen” and “unchosen” people were compared using the Adaptive Behavior Scale and the criteria of age, IQ, and length of hospitalisation.