Community adjustment of mobile people with learning difficulties after total hospital closure: a preliminary report

A study is described in which 50 residents of a hospital for people with learning difficulties were assessed immediately before and 1 year after moving into two types of community provision; purpose-built campuses or small homes in residential streets. Measures were taken of residents' adaptive and unwanted behaviours and of aspects of their lifestyles. The results report the changes in these measures that were found for both campus and small home residents.