'No going back' to institutional care for people with severe disability: Reflections on practice through an interpretive study

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 837-847

  Borbasi, Sally ^a   Bottroff, Verity ^b   Williams, R P ^c   Jones, Jacqueline ^a   Douglas, Heather ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c The Prince Charles Hospital ^*

Author keywords

Issues surrounding site; People with a disability with high health support needs; Quality of life; Relocation to community living; Staff and skills

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY LIVING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DISABILITY; FAMILY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; LIFESTYLE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REHABILITATION PATIENT; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; STAFF;

ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES; DISABLED PERSONS; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT TRANSFER; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 45949099777     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638280701419359     Document Type: Article

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