Ballinger, Claire (1993) Do smaller homes result in increased integration? Mental Handicap Research, 6 (4), 303-311. (doi:10.1111/j.1468-3148.1993.tb00061.x).
Abstract
One of the best publicised consequences of the policy of community care is the resettlement of people with a mental handicap from large institutions into homes in the community. Normalisation dictates that smaller residences have greater potential for integration than larger ones. The aim of this study was to investigate whether there is a difference in the number of community contacts made by residents with a mental handicap living in small and large community units. Community contacts of 40 individuals with a mental handicap were recorded by care staff for a period of four weeks. Twenty one of the subjects lived in three flats, with seven, ten and eight beds respectively and the remaining 19 lived in a large unit with 24 beds. Results show that people residing in the smaller units experienced significantly more community contacts than those in the large unit (p < 0.05). Areas for further study are identified.
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