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Not an ordinary life
Author(s) -
Day Peter R.
Publication year - 1988
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.1468-3156.1988.tb00437.x
Subject(s) - mentally ill , nursing , mental health , social care , medicine , psychology , psychiatry , mental illness
In this country, and elsewhere, there has been a marked shift towards community care and away from institutional care for people with mental handicaps as well as those who are mentally ill. Many aspects of these changes are promising for the people concerned, but the transition also involves some difficulties and challenges for them as well as for health and social services. The article presents one man's experience of life in hospital and discusses the need to ensure that adequate support services are provided for people like him, to maintain them satisfactorily in their new way of life.