Abstract
Background: The Care in the Community demonstration programme in England in the mid-1980s over-saw the resettlement of over 550 people with long-term needs. Researchers at the University of Kent (Knapp et al. 1992) evaluated this process and its outcomes. Two hundred service users with learning disabilities were followed up 5 years later (Cambridge et al. 1994).
The Study: During 1998/9 over 400 users from the original cohort, 278 with learning disability and 128 with mental health problems were followed up and interviewed. They were living in a variety of accommodation types, including residential and nursing homes, staffed group homes, unstaffed group homes and domestic environments. New measures of social networks, user-defined outcomes, and mental health status supplemented the original instruments. Costs information was collected using the CSSRI.
Findings: We present findings on user characteristics at 10 years on and a preliminary analysis of trends over time.
The Study: During 1998/9 over 400 users from the original cohort, 278 with learning disability and 128 with mental health problems were followed up and interviewed. They were living in a variety of accommodation types, including residential and nursing homes, staffed group homes, unstaffed group homes and domestic environments. New measures of social networks, user-defined outcomes, and mental health status supplemented the original instruments. Costs information was collected using the CSSRI.
Findings: We present findings on user characteristics at 10 years on and a preliminary analysis of trends over time.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 6 |
Pages (from-to) | 19 |
Number of pages | 1 |
Journal | European Network for Mental Health Service Evaluation ENMESH |
Publication status | Published - 28 Apr 2000 |
Event | 4th International conference: Psychiatric reform and service research in Europe. : European Network for Mental Health Service Evaluation ENMESH - Congress Centre Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany Duration: 28 Apr 2000 → 30 Apr 2000 Conference number: 4 http://enmesh.eu/Enmesh_Conferences.html |
Keywords
- mental health
- learning disabilities
- resettlement
- community