Abstract
A pilot study is reported of non-hospital residential care for people with chronic mental illness. The Needs for Care Assessment (NFCA) was used to ascertain the clinical and social functioning of six patients who transferred from a long-term psychiatric ward to a high-support community hostel. Standardised interviews were conducted with patients and care-staff before re-location, during the settling-in period and one year later. Results indicate improvements in social and clinical functioning. Unmeetable needs in the hospital became meetable in the hostel. Residents expressed a preference for hostel accommodation.Staff and participants’ opinions regarding improvements in functioning appeared to differ. This study provided a first step to further explorative, but empirically-based analyses concerning hostel accommodation for people with chronic psychiatric disabilities.
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