[People with Intellectual and Multiple Disabilities in the Acute-In-Patient Care - Selected Results of a Qualitative...

National and international publications indicate a higher importance of people with disabilities in health and nursing care. From the international literature it can be seen that for this target group the hospital care is to be regarded as deficient in many ways.

This project intends to study on a qualitative exploratory basis experiences of employees of outpatient and residential care facilities for people with mental and multiple disabilities and family members of the target group concerning their experiences in health and nursing care.

21 guided interviews with employees of outpatient and in-patient residential facilities for people with mental and multiple disabilities and family members of the target group were conducted.

21 interviews could be evaluated according to Grounded Theory with the software program MAXQDA. The results show above all that in the perception and from the experience of the interviewees mainly a "lack" exists in the care of the target group, e. g., in time, staff, resources, qualification, cooperation and so forth. Employees of outpatient and inpatient residential facilities for people with mental and multiple disabilities and family members must contribute to a high degree to the care in hospitals, so that nursing and health measures are performed.

The results point to an inadequate care of people with disabilities in hospitals. It is necessary to reflect critically on the medical and nursing care and to develop adequate measures, concepts, interventions and policies.