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  • A place to call my own: Young people with complex disabilities living in long-term care

    Author(s)
    Quinn, Hayley Danielle
    Zeeman, Heidi
    Kendall, Elizabeth
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Kendall, Elizabeth
    Year published
    2016
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    Abstract
    It is important to consider the nature of home in more detail when thinking about living environments for vulnerable groups of people, especially as it has been found that the nature of home can impact on the quality of life. The aim of this study was to understand the “lived experience” of home for a group of young people with complex disabilities who had recently relocated to a specially designed residential apartment building. Multiple domains of home, as they were experienced over time, were examined through a series of semi-structured interviews conducted with seven residents at their apartments. The findings revealed ...
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    It is important to consider the nature of home in more detail when thinking about living environments for vulnerable groups of people, especially as it has been found that the nature of home can impact on the quality of life. The aim of this study was to understand the “lived experience” of home for a group of young people with complex disabilities who had recently relocated to a specially designed residential apartment building. Multiple domains of home, as they were experienced over time, were examined through a series of semi-structured interviews conducted with seven residents at their apartments. The findings revealed two major themes (“perceived quality of the place” and “identity in place”) that were inextricably interlinked. To the extent that they overlapped, the experience of home was enhanced. The interaction between the two themes was associated with a dynamic ongoing process whereby the sense of home was either created or damaged (“deconstruction and reconstruction of home”). The current study has implications for how residential care workers are trained and supported if the well-being of individuals with complex disabilities is to be promoted within residential settings.
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    Journal Title
    JOURNAL OF PREVENTION & INTERVENTION IN THE COMMUNITY
    Volume
    44
    Issue
    4
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1080/10852352.2016.1197722
    Subject
    Statistics
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    Criminology
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/100271
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