The Activity of Staff and of Severely and Profoundly Mentally Handicapped Adults in Residential Settings of Different Sizes

Predictors of Job Satisfaction among Staff in Residential Settings for Persons with Intellectual Disabilities: A Comparison between Three Residential Models

“…Perry & Felce (1994), Felce (1998) and Felce & Emerson (2001) have pointed out several important factors that influence outcomes in terms of residents’ quality of life (QoL). One of the indicators that can not be ignored is the performance of the residential services, which includes the involvement of the staff working in the settings (Thomas et al. 1986; Repp et al.…”

“…Perry & Felce (1994), Felce (1998) and have pointed out several important factors that influence outcomes in terms of residents' quality of life (QoL). One of the indicators that can not be ignored is the performance of the residential services, which includes the involvement of the staff working in the settings (Thomas et al 1986;Repp et al 1987;Saxby et al 1988;Coelho 1990;Felce & Repp 1992;Perry & Felce 1994;Hatton et al 1996Hatton et al , 1999Felce et al 2002;Larson et al 2004); thus, staffing issues ought to be central to anyone interested in developing high quality services for people with intellectual disabilities (Rose 1995).…”

The effects of deinstitutionalisation on people with mental handicaps: A REVIEW

“…Changes in adapative behaviour have perhaps become the most frequently used outcome measure of deinstitutionalisation (Emerson, 1985). Several studies exist which compare matched groups of people with mental handicaps in institutional and community settings (Eyman et al, 1977;Keith and Ferdinand, 1984;Sokol-Kessler et al, 1983;Felce, de Kock, and Repp, 1986). T h e overall findings of these studies appear to confirm that institutional care inhibits, or even decreases, levels of adaptive behaviour, whereas community settings facilitate such development.…”

“…T h e overall findings of these studies appear to confirm that institutional care inhibits, or even decreases, levels of adaptive behaviour, whereas community settings facilitate such development. It has also been shown that people transferring from institutions to the community show gains as a consequence (Close, 1977;Schroeder and Henes, 1978;Bell and Schoenrock, 198 1; Willer and Intagliata, 1982;Conroy, Efthimiou, and Lemanowitz, 1982;Locker, Rao, and Weddell, 1983;Conroy and Bradley, 1985;Felce, de Kock, and Repp, 1986). Kleinberg and Galligan (1983), in a study which reports changes of this nature in a group of 23 people moved from a 350 bed centre to three small, 8-10 bed, community units, con-cluded that the observed improvements in people's functioning represented a manifestation of behaviour already present in their skills repertoires rather than new learning.…”

An Evaluation of the Use of Small Group Homes for Adults With a Severe and Profound Mental Handicap

“…They commented that in the hospital the child had to fit in with standard care practices but in the small group homes routines were adjusted to suit the individual child. Thomas et al (1986) reported on the results of a detailed observation study of individuals with a severe and profound mental handicap who moved from institutional environments to small group homes. Contact between staff and residents was found to be three times greater in the small community houses than in the hospital or large community unit.…”