Life satisfaction of people with intellectual disability living in community residences: Perceptions of the residents, their parents and staff members

Journal of Intellectual Disability Research

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 75-84

  Schwartz, Chaya ^a   Rabinovitz, S ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Life satisfaction; Parents; Proxy reports; Self report; Staff

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; INTERVIEW; ISRAEL; LIFE SATISFACTION; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; PARENT; PERCEPTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; RESIDENT; RESIDENTIAL CARE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL WORKER; WELLBEING; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GROUP HOMES; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF; PARENTS; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0037303656     PISSN: 09642633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2788.2003.00436.x     Document Type: Article

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