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Residential provision for adults who are mentally handicapped : report of a one-day conference held on the 13 April 1978 organised jointly by the King's Fund Centre/Campaign for the Mentally Handicapped

Author:

King's Fund Centre (King Edward's Hospital Fund for London), Thomas, Derek, and Campaign for the Mentally Handicapped

Publication date:

1978

Abstract:

The conference addressed the problem of how to move towards a better quality of residential services for adults with learning difficulties. Ways of measuring the quality of life were discussed, including a `checklist of needs' to be used when assessing a residential service. From visits to 100 places where people ...