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Community Residential Facilities for the Mentally Ill and Mentally Retarded: Environmental Quality and Adaptive Functioning

Publication: Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
April 1984

Abstract

Environmental quality of the entire Manitoba population of community residences, boarding homes and independent living units (278) was examined by an adapted version of Program Analysis of Service Systems (P.A.S.S.-3). The adaptive functioning of residents (665) was also determined by use of sections of the Adaptive Functioning Index (A.F.I.). The findings indicated the need for more promotion of socially integrative activities for residents such as recreation, community awareness and citization of community resources. Improvements in environmental quality were indicated in areas such as integration versus segregation, intensity of special placements exceeding the integrative potential of certain neighborhoods and restrictions on autonomy of residents. Strong, positive correlations were found between environmental normalization and the adaptive functioning level of residents.

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Au moyen d'une version adaptée de Program Analysis of Service Systems (P.A.S.S.-3), on a examiné la qualité de l'environnement de toute la population manitobaine vivant dans des résidences communautaires, des maisons de pension et des unités indépendantes de séjour (278). On a aussi mesuré le fonctionnement adaptatif des résidents (665) au moyen de sections du Adaptive Functioning Index (A.D.I.). Les résultats indiquent qu'il faudrait faire la promotion d'activités d'intégration sociale pour les résidents telles que les loisirs, le sens communautaire et la mise en commun des ressources communautaires. Les améliorations dans la qualité de la vie sont à chercher dans des domaines comme l'intégration versus la ségrégation, l'intensité de placements spéciaux qui excèdent le potential intègratif de certains quartiers et les restrictions à l'autonomie des résidents. On a trouvé une forte corrélation positive entre la normalisation de l'environnement et le niveau de fonctionnement adaptatif des résidents.

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cover image Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
Volume 3Number 1April 1984
Pages: 5 - 14

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Version of record online: 23 April 2009

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John T. Hull
Ministry of Community and Social Services, Toronto, Ontario
James G. Keats
Ministry of Human Resources, Revelstoke, B.C.
Joy Thompson
Department of Education, Province of Manitoba

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