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Sheltered care residence: ten-year personal outcomes
1School of Social Welfare, University of California, Berkeley.
The American Journal of Orthopsychiatry
|January 1, 1993
Summary
Long-term sheltered care for seriously mentally ill individuals improved health and helper support but decreased independent social functioning over ten years.
Area of Science:
- Psychiatry
- Longitudinal Studies
- Social Functioning
Background:
- Seriously mentally ill individuals often reside in sheltered care settings.
- Understanding the long-term impact of sheltered care is crucial for patient well-being.
Purpose of the Study:
- To examine the type and degree of handicap in sheltered-care residents.
- To estimate the effects of ten-year residence in sheltered care.
Main Methods:
- A ten-year follow-up study.
- Involved 393 seriously mentally ill sheltered-care residents.
Main Results:
- Increased helper-supported social functioning.
- Improved physical and mental health.
- Significant reduction in independent social functioning.
Conclusions:
- Ten-year sheltered care residence positively impacts health and external support.
- There is a trade-off with a decline in independent social functioning.