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DIMENSIONS OF FOSTER AND RESIDENTIAL CARE PRACTICE
Author(s) -
Colton Matthew
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
journal of child psychology and psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.652
H-Index - 211
eISSN - 1469-7610
pISSN - 0021-9630
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-7610.1988.tb01881.x
Subject(s) - psychology , foster care , residential care , developmental psychology , foster home care , psychiatry , suicide prevention , gerontology , poison control , nursing , medical emergency , medicine
– In reporting a comparative study of foster and residential care practices, this paper examines four aspects of care: the management of recurrent (mainly daily) social events; children's community contacts; the provision of physical amenities; and the controls and sanctions employed by foster parents and staff vis a vis children. Care practice in foster homes was generally found to be significantly more child‐oriented than in Children's Homes on each dimension of care. Very little overlap was observed between the results obtained for the foster homes and Children's Homes. Thus, differences between the two forms of provision were more or less uniform.