Community-based day-care services for people with intellectual disabilities in Georgia: a step towards their social integration

This article discusses the role of community-based day-care services in the lives of adults with intellectual disabilities in the Republic of Georgia. The study explores the impact of this service on users’ social-adaptive skills, social life and sense of happiness, comparing service users and a mat...

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Published in:Journal of intellectual disabilities 2010-12, Vol.14 (4), p.289-301
Main Authors: Makharadze, Tamar, Kitiashvili, Anastasia, Bricout, John C.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Activities of Daily Living - classification
Activities of Daily Living - psychology
Adolescent
Adult
Biological and medical sciences
Child
Community based programmes
Community Mental Health Services
Community treatment. Ambulatory treatment. Home care
Day Care, Medical
Georgia (Republic)
Happiness
Humans
Infant
Intellectual Disability - psychology
Intellectual Disability - rehabilitation
Learning disabled people
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Perception
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Social Behavior
Social integration
Social life
Socialization
Treatments
Young Adult
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Summary:This article discusses the role of community-based day-care services in the lives of adults with intellectual disabilities in the Republic of Georgia. The study explores the impact of this service on users’ social-adaptive skills, social life and sense of happiness, comparing service users and a matched comparison group. A mixed-methods approach was used to assess the influence of day-care-centre services on social adaptation and integration. Results indicated that the level of social-adaptive skills was higher for day-care-centre participants than for the comparison group along several key dimensions. Similarly, the level of social integration was higher for the day-care-centre group, although the two groups did not differ significantly on reported happiness. The findings from this study revealed that day-care-centre participants with intellectual disabilities enjoyed a greater degree of social interaction and socializing opportunities than their non-participant peers.
ISSN:1744-6295
1744-6309
DOI:10.1177/1744629510393186