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Planning and decision making about the future care of older group home residents and transition to residential aged care
Bigby, C. Bowers, B. Webber, R.
Bigby, C.
Bowers, B.
Webber, R.
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Background: Planning for future care after the death of parental caregivers and adapting disability support systems to achieve the best possible quality of life for people with intellectual disability as they age have been important issues for more than two decades.This study examined perceptions held by family members, group home staff and organisational managers about the future of older residents and the decisions made that a move to residential aged care was necessary.
Methods: Grounded Dimensional Analysis was used to guide data collection and analysis by an interdisciplinary research team.Three sets of interviews over a period of 18 months were conducted with a family member, house supervisor and the programme manager for each of seventeen older group home residents in Victoria. For the eight people for whom it was decided a move was necessary and the six who eventually moved focussed questions were asked about the decision-making process.
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2011
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Journal of Intellectual Disability Research
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55
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8
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777-789
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Peter Faber Business School
Faculty of Law and Business
Faculty of Law and Business
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