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Improving Quality of Life Outcomes in Supported Accommodation for People with Intellectual Disability: What Makes a Difference?

Improving Quality of Life Outcomes in Supported Accommodation for People with Intellectual... IntroductionSince the late 1970s, community living for people with intellectual disabilities has been the focus of policies in many Western countries and of international conventions. Closure of long‐stay institutions and the development of community services, such as family support and supported accommodation, have been important policy implementation strategies. Most common supported accommodation models have been either shared supported accommodation combining housing and support usually in small group homes with 24‐h staffing, or supported living which separates housing from support, where people live in their own or rented housing, alone or with up to two others, with support tailored to individual needs. In times of austerity, scarcity of affordable housing and especially in countries where resources are more limited, shared supported accommodation options are likely to remain the dominant option.The initial concepts that drove community living policies, such as normalization and an Ordinary Life (Kings Fund ), have been superseded by a rights perspective and expectations that people with intellectual disabilities should have a quality of life comparable to other community members (United Nations, ). Schalock et al.’s () conceptualization of quality of life as having eight domains: emotional well‐being, interpersonal relations, material well‐being, personal development, physical well‐being, self‐determination, social inclusion http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities Wiley

Improving Quality of Life Outcomes in Supported Accommodation for People with Intellectual Disability: What Makes a Difference?

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Wiley
Copyright
Copyright © 2018 John Wiley & Sons Ltd
ISSN
1360-2322
eISSN
1468-3148
DOI
10.1111/jar.12291
pmid
27778426
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Abstract

IntroductionSince the late 1970s, community living for people with intellectual disabilities has been the focus of policies in many Western countries and of international conventions. Closure of long‐stay institutions and the development of community services, such as family support and supported accommodation, have been important policy implementation strategies. Most common supported accommodation models have been either shared supported accommodation combining housing and support usually in small group homes with 24‐h staffing, or supported living which separates housing from support, where people live in their own or rented housing, alone or with up to two others, with support tailored to individual needs. In times of austerity, scarcity of affordable housing and especially in countries where resources are more limited, shared supported accommodation options are likely to remain the dominant option.The initial concepts that drove community living policies, such as normalization and an Ordinary Life (Kings Fund ), have been superseded by a rights perspective and expectations that people with intellectual disabilities should have a quality of life comparable to other community members (United Nations, ). Schalock et al.’s () conceptualization of quality of life as having eight domains: emotional well‐being, interpersonal relations, material well‐being, personal development, physical well‐being, self‐determination, social inclusion

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Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual DisabilitiesWiley

Published: Jan 1, 2018

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