Title Deinstitutionalization and community living : intellectual disability services in Britain, Scandinavia and the USA / edited by Jim Mansell and Kent Ericsson

Published London : Chapman & Hall, 1996 London ; New York : Chapman & Hall, 1996

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Description xvii, 289 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm Contents Contents List of contributors -- Foreword -- Preface -- 1. Introduction: towards deinstitutionalization -- 2. Closing Laconia -- 3. Closing institutions in New York State -- 4. Issues in community services in Britain -- 5. Deinstitutionalization in the Norwegian welfare state -- 6. Housing for the person with intellectual handicap -- 7. Supported living policies and programmes in the USA -- 8. Quality of support for ordinary living -- 9. Immediate psychological effects of deinstitutionalization -- 10. Results of deinstitutionalization in Connecticut -- 11. Impact of deinstitutionalization on service users in Britain -- 12. Contents (continued): The transition to community services in Norway -- 13. Relatives' opinions on institutional closure -- 14. Family attitudes to deinstitutionalization in Norway -- 15. From complaining to campaigning -- 16. Conclusion: integrating diverse experience -- References -- Index Analysis Mentally handicapped persons Welfare services Notes Includes index Bibliography References: pages [255]-278 Subject People with mental disabilities -- Deinstitutionalization -- Great Britain. People with mental disabilities -- Deinstitutionalization -- Scandinavia. People with mental disabilities -- Deinstitutionalization -- United States. People with mental disabilities -- Services for -- Great Britain. People with mental disabilities -- Services for -- Scandinavia. People with mental disabilities -- Services for -- United States. People with mental disabilities -- Care -- Great Britain. People with mental disabilities -- Care -- Scandinavia. People with mental disabilities -- Care -- United States. People with mental disabilities -- Rehabilitation. Author Ericsson, Kent. Mansell, Jim. ISBN 0412570106 156593315X (USA)

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