Efforts to increase social contact in persons with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities: Analysing individual support plans in the Netherlands

Most people with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities (PIMD) have limited social contact and it is unclear what is done to maintain or increase these contacts. Individual support planning (ISP) can be used in the systematic enhancement of social contacts. This study analyses the content o...

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Published in:Journal of intellectual disabilities 2017-06, Vol.21 (2), p.158-174
Main Authors: Kamstra, Aafke, van der Putten, Annette AJ, Vlaskamp, Carla
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Coding
Content Analysis
Disabled Persons - rehabilitation
Female
Foreign Countries
Goals
Government Programs - standards
Humans
Individualized Programs
Intellectual disabilities
Intellectual Disability - rehabilitation
Interpersonal Relationship
Male
Middle Aged
Multiple Disabilities
Multiply disabled people
Netherlands
Patient-Centered Care - standards
Planning
Quotations
Residential Programs
Severe Intellectual Disability
Severity of Illness Index
Social Life
Social Networks
Social Support
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Summary:Most people with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities (PIMD) have limited social contact and it is unclear what is done to maintain or increase these contacts. Individual support planning (ISP) can be used in the systematic enhancement of social contacts. This study analyses the content of ISPs with respect to the social contacts of people with PIMD. ISPs for 60 persons with PIMD in the Netherlands were inductively coded and illustrated with quotations. It turned out that every ISP contained information about social contacts. Of all the quotations extracted, 71.2% were about current conditions, 6.2% were about the future and less than 1% concerned actual goals. The social contacts of people with PIMD are mentioned in their ISPs, but this is rarely translated into goals. The results of the current study suggest that attention should be paid to ensuring that professionals understand the importance of social contacts and their application in practice.
ISSN:1744-6295
1744-6309
DOI:10.1177/1744629516653037