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ERIC Number: EJ514847
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-1079-3917
Patterns of Deinstitutionalization and Community Placement: A Dream Deferred or Lost?
Smith, J. David; Polloway, Edward A.
Education and Training in Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, v30 n4 p321-28 Dec 1995
This study analyzed patterns of deinstitutionalization of people with mental retardation by tracking discharges for over 2,000 residents of the largest mental retardation facility in Virginia. Initial placements were ascertained and categorized. Discussion focuses on implications of these placement data for an understanding of the deinstitutionalization movement. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Adults, Children, Community Programs, Deinstitutionalization (of Disabled), Institutionalized Persons, Mental Retardation, Placement, Residential Institutions, Trend Analysis
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Virginia