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A Pilot Evaluation of a New Approach to Day Services in Solihull
Author(s) -
McEvoy John,
Dagnan Dave,
Thomas Rob,
Ashton Paul,
Trower Peter
Publication year - 1993
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.1468-3156.1993.tb00697.x
Subject(s) - service (business) , work (physics) , day care , nursing , mental health , psychology , medical education , medicine , engineering , psychiatry , business , mechanical engineering , marketing
This article describes a pilot evaluation of a new day service in Solihull. The service provides individualised day care based on ordinary life principles. Activities occur both within and outside of the home and include the use of a network of community‐based work, leisure and education resources. Extensive interviews with managers, direct care workers and people with mental handicaps themselves and analysis of activity data give a positive view of the service.