Journal of Intellectual Disability Research
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Keywords:
quality assurance, quality evaluation, quality standards, residential care, mental-retardation, of-life, Social Sciences, Science & Technology, Life Sciences & Biomedicine, Education, Special, Genetics & Heredity, Clinical Neurology, Psychiatry, Rehabilitation, Education & Educational Research, Neurosciences & Neurology, MENTAL-RETARDATION, OF-LIFE, Adult, Humans, Intellectual Disability, Quality Assurance, Health Care, Quality of Health Care, Residential Treatment, Surveys and Questionnaires, 11 Medical and Health Sciences, 13 Education, 17 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences, 3202 Clinical sciences, 5202 Biological psychology
Abstract:
The present article describes the development of a general model for the evaluation, enhancement and assurance of quality of care processes in residential facilities for children and adults with intellectual disability The framework is based on current theories regarding quality of life and quality evaluation, on a consensus between several participants in Delphi discussion-rounds, and on a questionnaire for care providers and clients in all Flemish residential facilities. The model describes 13 quality standards and a list of indicators concerning organization and support interventions. Facilities may use this set of criteria and indicators in several ways within a continuous and dynamic system of internal quality assurance. Finally, the prospects of and conditions for the implementation of this model are discussed.