Comparison of reports by relatives and staff on living conditions of adults with intellectual disabilities

Mental Retardation

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 120-127

  Umb Carlsson, Õie ^a   Sonnander, Karin ^b  

^a Psychiatry   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CUSTODY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MENTAL PATIENT; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REPRODUCIBILITY; RESIDENTIAL HOME; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SWEDEN;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; GROUP HOMES; HUMANS; MALE; MENTALLY DISABLED PERSONS; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROXY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 33645565722     PISSN: 00476765     EISSN: 00476765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1352/0047-6765(2006)44[120:CORBRA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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