Impact of Size Revisited: Relation of Number of Residents to Self-Determination and Deprivatization.

Tossebro, Jan

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ERIC Number: EJ508366

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1995

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Impact of Size Revisited: Relation of Number of Residents to Self-Determination and Deprivatization.

Tossebro, Jan

American Journal on Mental Retardation, v100 n1 p59-67 Jul 1995

In this Norwegian study, the impact of number of residents with mental retardation on two quality of care measures--deprivatization and self-determination--was analyzed. Results showed that the negative impact of increasing size leveled off at a unit size of about five residents. (Author/DB)

Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Group Homes, Mental Retardation, Normalization (Disabilities), Organization Size (Groups), Personal Autonomy, Privacy, Quality of Life, Residential Programs, Self Determination

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Audience: Researchers

Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Norway

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