Community and cluster centre residential services for adults with intellectual disability: Long-term results from an Australian-matched sample

Journal of Intellectual Disability Research

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 419-431

  Young, Louise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adaptive behaviour; Cluster centre; Community living; Deinstitutionalization; Intellectual disability; Residential accommodation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALADJUSTMENT; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESIDENTIAL CARE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DEINSTITUTIONALIZATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GROUP HOMES; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUEENSLAND; RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY;

EID: 33646252027     PISSN: 09642633     EISSN: 13652788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2788.2006.00788.x     Document Type: Article

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