Assessing the quality of residential services for people with mental handicap

Abstract

Between 1984 and 1987 the South Western Regional Health Authority funded research to compare the costs and quality of alternative residential services for people with learning difficulties (mental handicap). During this period, 14 residential services were evaluated. The services covered a wide range of models of care and included: small homes run on ‘ordinary life’ principles based in the community, funded and/or managed by health authorities and social services departments; small (health authority) homes in, or adjacent to, mental handicap hospital grounds; traditional mental handicap hospitals; and private or voluntary sector hostels for up to 12 people.

Citation

Davies, L. (1988), "Assessing the quality of residential services for people with mental handicap", Journal of Management in Medicine, Vol. 3 No. 3, pp. 216-228. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb060502