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J Sylph

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PubMed1992

Supportive housing: a consumer evaluation study.

The current debate about how to provide housing for persons with persistent psychiatric disabilities should be informed by empirical information from a variety of sources. Data from a study of 17 residents discharged from Regeneration House Inc., illustrates the value of consumer perceptions in the evaluation of supportive housing. Extensive exploration of the positive and negative aspects of living in a group home from the perspective of experienced residents provides useful input for programme planning. The implications of the findings for the individual programme and the wider field are discussed.

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PubMed1987

Legal issues in the care of mentally impaired elderly persons: competence, surrogate management, and protection of rights. Working Group on Legal Issues, Committee on Guidelines for Comprehensive Services to Elderly Persons with Psychiatric Disorders.

This article identifies a number of areas of concern in the care of mentally impaired elderly persons, focusing on the need for improved criteria, definitions and procedures in the following areas: the determination of competence or incompetence; the initiation, implementation and monitoring of measures for surrogate management (power of attorney, trusteeship, guardianship); standards of care; and advocacy in defence of the rights of elderly persons. The large and growing number of elderly persons in need of care--the very old, the frail, those without relatives and, in particular, the mentally impaired--has many legal implications. The critical issue is how effectively the law can protect and maintain the rights of people who are unable to do so themselves.

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